I took this last time (for the first few weeks). It is a very applied course. The autograder for the exercises is terrific, it will pinpoint the space time comp

I took this last time (for the first few weeks). It is a very applied course. The autograder for the exercises is terrific, it will pinpoint the space time complexity of individual parts of your program so you can fine tune your data structures and algorithms. The whole setup is java based. IMHO, the course is far less valuable if you don't do the exercises. If you want theory oriented courses the Stanford ones (Tim Roughgarden) are more to your liking. The exercises for that course are in any language of your choice.