Lists & Strings

by Elliott Hauser

30 May 2017

Q&A

  • What’s .md stand for? Markdown (as opposed to markup- get it?). Here’s another cheatsheet
  • List indices
  • Filename bug in trinket. At least 2 ways around.

Escape Velocity

My goal for all of you is to get you into orbit, able to keep learning on your own and ready for a wide range of new technologies. Let’s recalibrate what success means.

Today

We’re doing more chapter 8 exercises, but more importantly we’re learning a technique called pair programming. This is both a real technique used by professional programmers and a learning strategy that’s been shown to improve outcomes. Double win!

Let’s go!

Q & A

  • Ctrl-/ is your friend
  • If you use something from StackExchange, it’s your responsibility to know how it works.
  • While True, continue and break
  • what try/except does to your program
  • sum & python keywords
  • calculating agerage at the end
  • int vs float
  • program flow & breaking
  • Reminder on help
  • None < 1, truthiness, and other wierdness

Clicky Turtle Review

Pair up, merge, and discuss!

Elliott Hauser is a PhD Student in information science at UNC Chapel Hill. He's hacking education as one of the cofounders of Trinket.io. Find Elliott Hauser on Twitter, Github, and on the web.