Given the opportunity, you should definitely take either of these classes with Professor Gessler. The classes are very interesting and give you a chance to use computers for something more fun than most classes and Professor Gessler really makes an effort to try to keep everyone up to speed. Take the course and you won't regret it.

Prof Gessler was a really amazing instructor - the best! I came to the class not knowing what to expect, and was confronted with a course based entirely on computer programming, which I know nothing about. I struggled through the first few programming challenges, and went to him at midterms, thinking I would have to drop the class. He encouraged me to stick it out, and I ended up with an A+. I did need to work with him outside of class on my final project, but he was always available and interested in what I was trying to do. Unless you have some basic knowledge of C++, it is essential that you come to every class, or you'll can get lost and never really catch up. Highly recommended!

I thought professor Gessler was one of the best professors I've ever had at UCLA. I took him for Anthro 137 and I did not know one thing about programming, but he was very patient with all of his students and every single student presented a project that was developed with Borland's C++ programing.

His T.A., Dave, was phenomenal also. They were both extremely helpful and I asked them for a LOT of help. They were both willing to meet me outside of class or an hour before class or after. They were extremely helpful in making the computer programming easy. The class was very exciting and one of the things I admired most about prof. Gessler is he didn't have us spend a lot of money on a lot of different books. A lot of times he brought copies of reading material in to the class.

He was very organized; I always knew what was expected of me ahead of time and he was ALWAYS available to help; during class and after class hours. I would highly recommend students take his class to get a breath of realism and a professor that is just a great down to earth kind of guy. He might even invite you to go hunting with him for meteorites; the guy really cares about his students and there are no tricks or surprises.

Prof. Gessler was great! He was always there to lend a hand whenever anyone needed help on their simulation. There's not that much reading, other than the small amount of required readings for participation. He's really nice and cool, and I wish there was more professors like him. He's really into his subject, which is great because as an anthro major I had no clue what to expect the class was about. But I did learn many small aspects of programming and also to know that C++ is not my thing, but I do recommend Gessler because nothing gets better than his class. He's really cool and laid back.

This class was terrific. It had no tests, just projects and online postings. And the projects are very interesting. I learned how to program with c++. Gessler makes it easy by showing you how it works. He also lets you take code from existing projects and put it in yours. We also spent a lot of time watching videos about robots and AI. We even took a field trip to a robotics lab. If you wanna learn something new, I suggest you take one of his classes.

I'm a computer science student, and I took his class because I needed something to fill my schedule out and figured this would be cake. It turned out I learned all the fun stuff that I never get to do in my classes. Take his class, you'll enjoy it.