Introduction to C++

Not really useful, peer reviewed problems aren't useful as well, since there's no grading involved (everything gets a good mark).

This is a good intro to intro C++. Material and presentation are well done and pretty much relevant. I think there are two downsides, well, three. The first is that there's not much material covered. I put this at at most 1/4 of a normal college Intro to C++ class. The second issue is reliance on peer reviews instead of automated grading. Most of the exceptional programming classes I've taken nowadays support submission and automated grading. Peer reviews can be helpful sometimes but, for coding classes, often don't provide useful feedback. The third issue is that the subsequent 'intermediate' and 'advanced' C++ classes in the sequence are not good.

The course is an excellent "introduction to C++", but I want to emphasise it is an introduction to another programming language, it is not a programming introduction nor an introduction to Object Oriented programming, if that is what you are looking for I'd recommend taking CS50x here on edx and other course for OOP. If you already know programming and just want to get yourself used to C++ syntax this is a quick and concise course that will do the job. If you are a C programmer and know some OOP you can skim through it very quickly I'd even suggest you not to take it since the syntax for C is practically the same for most of the basic stuff covered, you'll need to learn how to work with classes on C++.

Great introduction to C++, but not programming. Some understanding of programming techniques is assumed. I have been learning C++ as a hobby off and on for a while, and this course taught me some neat tricks and other modern C++ standards.

Its absolutely great for starting. You will eventually love C++

The content is good for beginners and it will help the student to understand if he/she has a basic knowledge of c coding. In addition, beginners should have at least a reference material for searching keywords used by the instructors (e.g. auto) that uses the c++ 11 or 14 standard. The instructors are very good in delivering their lectures in an interesting fashion that there are a lot of tips and tricks on how to use the language and the visual studio environment (basic things).

This is a 5/5 course. There is everything on the very basics that gives you a suitable foundation of knowledge.

Good introductory course on C++. It's interesting, although course is really short. I covered all topics in 1 day.

Completed with final grade 100% and enjoyed the course. A must do course for beginners!

This is a good introduction course to C++. But as a starter of C++, one needs some programming experiences in other languages to take this course. The lectures are not always easily understandable and memorable due to lack of requirements for hands-on from the students.

Will four learning modules, one of which is background material, make you a C++ programmer? Nope. But this short course offers a nice introduction, particularly if you already have some exposure to C. The course covers the basics of C++ data types, input/ouput, control statements, and simple classes. Written materials are provided and the lectures, which are very good, emphasize the practical points. Not everything is taught from first principles, though, so if you're new to C-style programming, you may find yourself facing unfamiliar terminology now and then; fortunately, there are plenty of tutorial resources on the web, including ebooks. The assignments could use some improvement: the quizzes are easy and the small amount of actual programming is unfortunately peer-reviewed, which is not well suited to the subject matter.

The original quality of materials may not be bad, but they look like they were badly reused/recycled from some other Microsoft education thing. How can the first video in lession 1 start with "Lession 3: History of C++"? Open response assesment homeworks? Isn't this form of tasks designed for essays on some social courses? The deadlines are also not very clear, it looks like a self-paced course in form of a scheduled session.