Introductory material: expectations about python knowledge

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Introductory material: expectations about python knowledge #37

Open TomMonks opened 3 years ago

TomMonks commented 3 years ago

Early in the book there needs to be a section that provides expectations of coding knowledge. This should also include some basic examples so that readers can understand expectations. For example:

Defining functions list manipulation and list comprehensions dicts python modules

TomMonks commented 2 years ago

possibly add generators too.

organisation

Add at end of introduction
Add in additional exercises and solutions in the introduction. Suitable for first lab for new students.

TomMonks commented 2 years ago

Added:

list comps
dicts
variable scope
coding standards.

No exercises, but will ask students to work through material

TomMonks commented 2 years ago

Additional content to add

Quality - passing a test with poor code versus passing a test with high quality code