Overall, this class is honestly extremely easy. You will need to learn some basic programming but if you already know some it should be almost no work. Even if you don't, it shouldn't take more than a few hours to learn what for loop is. A ridiculous amount of extra credit was provided. Ended with over 110%.

A very easy coding class with a great professor. Even my TA was great. Definitely recommend.

If you have no previous coding experience or consider yourself a "bad" coder, then I cannot recommend anyone more highly than Max Mansolf. I am a returning student, and have had some negative experiences with previous coding courses, so I had a lot of anxiety when I began this quarter. He went out of his way to reiterate certain ideas and go into detail so that I could understand. He also had an online forum for students to post questions, and answered almost all of them within 24hrs. He also gives abundant extra credit, so that even if you are struggling at certain points in the course, you have a chance to make it up. He explicitly stated that his goal is to have students learn to code and that he had no desire to punish anyone for struggling. He is approachable and funny, and I can easily say that of all the courses I have taken at UCLA, this was my favorite. I actually enjoy coding now!

Professor Mansolf is the G.O.A.T! He explains everything very clearly and he gives extra credit on every single assignment to the point where you accumulate so many points that you might not even have to do Project 3 (the last assignment in the class). If you don't have to do project 3, you'd just be chilling during week 10 and finals week, so you can study for the finals in your other classes. Since everything is asynchronous (even discussion section), you can ideally take this class with any workload wherever you are located. He also puts in the effort to make this class as accessible as possible. Overall, he is an amazing professor and this class is one of the best coding classes that I have ever taken at UCLA. TAKE THIS CLASS!!