Week 08 Day 2 - Koans in the language

[mdewey]

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A koan is a riddle or puzzle that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the world and about themselves. Zen masters have been testing their students with these stories, questions, or phrases for centuries.

As we learn a new language, we need to practice the new ideas, syntax and paradigms that come what that language. The idea of language Koans helps both beginners and veterans learn the ins and outs of language.

Objectives

• Complete your language Koans

Requirements

.NET Students

• Head here: https://github.com/suncoast-devs/DotNetCoreKoans and follow the directions in the README.md. This will have you fork this repository, clone it and practice.

Ruby Students

• Head here: http://rubykoans.com/ and follow the directions

Explorer Mode

• [ ] Complete the Koans

Adventure Mode

• [ ] (.NET) There are a few Koans that were commented out, comment these in and complete them.

Reading Material

.NET Students

• Here are some videos about inheritance and interfaces to help gain some more exposure.
  • Interfaces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neTerkT7LhE
  • Inheritance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0DJIhmUtP8
  • Getters & Setters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0IY3712QCE

[benjaminkent]

still working on completing the rest. https://github.com/benjaminkent/koans

[mdewey]

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