Question

Quick question.... is anyone here able to do the assignments that go with the video lecture after watching the video lecture? I personally had to watch the first 3 lectures with some additional reading just to be able to do the first assignment. Is this the norm or am I just slow to learn this stuff?

Answer 1

u mean the prime number one??...most people seek help on it here...and it is quite normal...the time u take doesn't matter..u did it ..that is the only thing which matters..u will get faster once u learn the stuff :)

Answer 2

I had to watch lecture 3. i personally think that there is neccessary information there for someone who is a beginner. For PS1, that is. But feel free to use dpaste to put up your code and get help.

Answer 3

I also watched the 3 lectures first before I did any assignments, but in my case it was because I didn't know we had assignments.

What matters is that you can do it. The end justifies the means.

Answer 4

I have the same problem! But I do the assignments in the order that they have to be done, because it gets more challenging that way. I may ask really stupid questions, but I think Grimson makes the students do it in that particular order for a reason! :)

Answer 5

i could not complete problem 0 without looking up on several different conflicting sites and trying about 30 different syntax so don't feel bad. i did watch the first lecture but very little in the lecture had anything to do with what actual commands to use to accomplish the tasks.

Answer 6

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/readings/

There. That way you won't be confused anymore. Make sure you download 'How To Think Like A Computer Scientist' though. It's pretty much the main textbook for this course.