Talk:ECE2524

Concerns with existing course structure

• The online nature of the course and limited homework assignments does not encourage students to use Linux. Many students write up the C++ asignments in Visual Studio and then cross their fingers when they submit their source code.
• The topic list is at times incoherent and random
• The existing assignments are generally not fun
• Written exams is a really poor way to evaluate a student's ability to use a Unix system

Concerns with specific topics

• sed and awk may be given too much attention (one of only 4 homework assignments), given their end-user usefulness.
• Perl may not be as useful as it once was, and may not necessarily be the most appropriate scripting language to expose students with no prior Unix knowledge to.
  • Python may be more future-proof and is insanely more Object-Oriented-minded