I feel I gained a lot from this class. You do learn a lot of languages. However, Professor Lindstrom was completely unrealistic and lacking empathy in his structuring of the course, especially in terms of test schedules and workload; it's as if he assumed his class was the only one we were taking. In the final 2 weeks of the course we had a unit test, a homework due, the final project due, our final project presentations, and the final exam. Just stay on top of stuff because his sweet, helpful demeanor is totally undercut by his ludicrous expectations of his students. Yes he curves the hell out of it at the end, but the stress of those last 2 weeks makes that irrelevant. The final exam average was 43%. I don't understand why he doesn't just restructure the course so that people don't fail everything and he doesn't have to curve it so much.

He is the kind of professor that you would deeply remember even you graduated, a kind of professor that would appear in your nightmare even you have left college for years. His lectures are super dry but loaded, trying to cram an intense load of concepts in your brain. He doesn't really care about the correctness and functionality of the program compared to rather meaningless syntax requirements. He will heavily punish you if you violated his requirements. Programming is torture in his class. RUN!

As it was online, this class was structured differently than usual. Homework was worth 78%. The assignments took some time and were challenging but most of what we needed was in his lecture slides and he was very available and helpful for questions. He goes through a lot of content but as there were basically no exams (the final was worth 2% and was a creative project) I only really learned what I needed for the homework. In the end he gave mostly As and some Bs.

If you struggled with PIC 10A I would not recommend taking this course; however, if you enjoyed PIC 10A, I would definitely recommend taking this class with Prof Lindstrom. He is incredibly clear and includes many, many helpful slides to accompany his homework assignments. Although the homework assignments are very difficult and require a lot of work, they are also very detailed, well-thought out, and really help you to learn the material inside and out. I will say though that the grading for this class is extremely nit-picky and you need to be very careful to follow all of the homework guidelines Prof Lindstrom provides. After taking this course, I would say my programming skills have improved beyond my expectations.

Prof Lindstrom is one of my favorite professors I have had at UCLA so far. In his lectures, office hours, and even through his emails he makes it clear that he not only wants us to do well in the class, but also to really appreciate the material we are learning. He is also super helpful outside of class and always invites questions and answers them carefully.

Professor Lindstrom is one of the best professors I have ever had in my two years at UCLA. This was the first quarter we had remote instruction and Mike was super understanding and considerate of the situation. The majority of our grade was from homeworks, because he understood that exams were unfair in the given situation. The homeworks were really difficult and took many hours, but it gave me a really good understanding of the course material It was very clear that he truly cares about his students and student learning.

Terrible professor, programs can work 100% (including edge cases & commenting), and you will get C's if coding syntax isn't 100% correct. His monotone voice is far superior for sleeping than learning. Took online and would not recommend him to anyone.

This was the hardest class I have ever taken in my life. I ended up dropping it week 8 because i was going to fail it. i constantly got low scores on the homeworks even if the code functioned almost perfectly. my friend who has been a cs major for years couldn't figure out the weekly homeworks. For an intro class, this course was so beyond unreasonable. I think the professor enjoys feeling powerful and authoritarian while assigning homeworks that are nearly impossible. He's super condescending and expects you to understand things perfectly after explaining it once. Lectures are boring and monotone. He doesn't give enough examples that actually explain the concepts. Instead, he reads off of plain slides. TAKE THIS CLASS WITH LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE. I didn't learn a single thing besides how to cry myself to sleep without my roommate hearing.

This class was not it. I had experience in C++ before and still found the class miserable. A 95 is required for an A, so not great for the GPA, but I do believe the lower brackets might curve nicer.
There's a midterm and a final worth like 5% of your grade, 24 hours to complete, and usually taken from the end of the slides.
The older reviews are correct, the homework takes forever to complete(~10-15 hours/week according to a poll of class). If you want to succeed you need to start assignments early, use clues from TA's to start, and attend lots of office hours.
Also do not plagiarize! He's crazy about honor and cheating and will ruin your academic life.
Overall, you can get an ok grade if you put most of your time into it, but it's likely the other professors are easier for 10A.

Professor Lindstrom is great! No midterms and the final is only 5% of this class. Homework is most part of this course, which is reasonable. Work hard and you will learn a lot