CS 1520

TJames is a great person, but this class was a mess. He didn't post any lectures after the semester went virtual. As someone with very limited web dev experience, the lack of lectures and opportunities to apply what we learned made the final project extremely difficult. Even when he taught in the first half of the semester, it felt like he was more doing improv rather than actual teaching. I've heard great things about TJames, but he really dropped the ball for 1520.

Web development is a fantastic class that teaches modern skills that every CS student should enjoy. Usually there's a great professor for this class that teaches relevant skills for web development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Todd Waits was a decent professor. I suggest taking this class if you are interested in web development. It is a pretty useful skill to have, and this class is not the most demanding.

CS 1520 is an awesome course for diving into the world of full stack web development. Pitt's programming language of choice is Java for many, many of its major courses and it is very refreshing to use different languages such as JavaScript and Python in 1520. Actually provides real web-dev experience that can be carried into a modern tech internship/job.