Ratings and Reviews for Python Project: Software Engineering and Image Manipulation

These projects were a massive jump from what we have been learning. Also, as we went through the lessons on Jupiter, 90% of all the code was provided already and therefore we did not get to practice the new types of code that was thrown at us so when the projects came up I had little to no knowledge and had to get lots of help. Aside from defining a function or two, we really did not work on everything we have learned through the first 4 courses. The project should have been one that would test our ability on everything we have learned combined.

Professor used so much jargon, it was hard to follow along.

despite the fact that the project itself and the respective libraries are very interesting, the classes didn´t help much to assist the student the same way the previous 4 courses did.

Very good

The course in itself is fine. My only gripe is that there was a significant increase in difficulty from one course to the next. Ultimately, I had to take a long break from the specialization, and after a few months was able to complete this course. I think there could have been tasks that built up to this in the previous courses, however, after practicing more on my own (and retaking this course after a few months away) I felt that it was achievable. Additionally, I feel more accomplished and confident in myself as a result of completing this course compared to the other 4 as the project was challenging and did a good job of culminating a lot of the skills learned previously.

The course claims to teach us use Python in a more real-world usecase, by lerning how to use some of the libraries and combine them together. The idea is great, however I do not really understand the selection of the libraries. The Computer Vision topic seems to be very popular in the recent years, probably that's the reason why the course is based on doing image processing. But let's be honest - the Coursera platform is not capable of providing a nice experience with these tools. Even now, in 2023, every run of the final project took at least 15 minutes. This makes debugging of the project almost impossible. I'm not an expert in Python, but I believe the course could choose some other topic and pick some other libraries to achieve the same goal.

Excellent learning

Great first four courses and then Coursera's worst instructor telling you that to finish this course you need to use google, documentation, youtube, and stackoverflow. Why charge money when you don't intend to instruct. Also, all assignments are peer reviewed:/

It is quite challenging to work with these libraries. Especially when there is no clear guidance. Among the most inconvenient things is that Kraken is not supported on Windows and OpenCV is insanely difficult to install on Mac (Apple Silicon)

Muito diferente dos cursos anteriores do programa que focaram no ensino da linguagem e não de biblioteca específica. Na minha visão este curso não deveria ser parte do programa, mas ser ofertado para quem queira trabalhar com visão computacional.