Reviews of professor Jason Porter

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jason is awesome! He can be intimidating at first, but you have to be personable with him. His lectures are fantastic and you can tell he loves what he does. Attendance was mandatory and he didn't post slides, but he says he will likely change that for future semesters. He can be tough, but he prepares you for the real world. 10/10 recommend him!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He does not explain material well in video labs, the tests are short so gives you little wiggle room for wrong answers. He does not come off as easy to communicate to in my experience; expects you to know. I had more help from fellow students than from the actual professor. He expects the textbook to teach you everything. If able avoid.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Porter seems intimidating but he's great, hilarious, and super helpful. There were only like 5 grades that matter so be careful. His lectures were very interesting so definitely go, if you miss there's really no way to make it up (unless a friend lets you copy their notes), but he doesn't take attendance. Cool teacher, learned a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Does an awesome job teaching and really cares about his students! He's always available and willing to help.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
-He keeps the content very relevant -He has alot of experience in the creative field -He's funny too and it helps because the lecture are pretty long

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very boring lectures, basically reads off from textbook word-by-word. Expect you to type out codes letter by letter even when textbook's telling you to copy and paste. Never explains anything and expect you to know them beforehand. For the sake of your grade, take another prof if you want to pass

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you are good at taking tests really consider taking this course since he basically throws 50% of the grade at you for free and the rest relies on your test taking abilities

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
(1302) Porter's class was one of the easiest I've ever taken, however, I already knew the basics of Java. Every assignment (outside of tests) is Zybooks, either participation, challenge, or labs. Porter does not offer any additional help or extra credit, doesn't respond to emails, and purely relies on Zybooks and in-class attendance to teach.