Don't merge until this video is up/viewable on Youtube: https://youtu.be/aeAkLxr5diE. It's uploading (slowly-ish) right now. (Update: It's finished, this PR is good to go.)
I wanted to replace the video walk-through that I'd made long ago, with a new one that is more up-to-date, etc. Making that new walk-through brought to my attention many other small tweaks and improvements that needed to be made, so I made them.
Broadly, I've reduced complexity of the set-up and tests, and created an improved walk-through that covers so much more than just making the tests pass.
how to effectively move around your terminal and editor
good workflows/processes
how to google for things
how to read the docs, what to attend to/ignore
how to "test" ideas you get from the docs
how to organize physical, hand-written notes to maximize engagement/retention with the material
Notes on how to pace yourself
much more
I first made this video two weeks ago (recorded it), really wanting to get it in front of the #2006-be as they're gearing up for Turing.
I really want students to get in the habits and processes I've outlined in this video, and I wanted it to go to them before end of Memorial day weekend, so... merging this in ~tonight~ the next morning.
Much of what's in this video is laying a groundwork for "learning how to learn".
Many current Mod 1 students, going into the 4th week of the mod, would be improved by having had earlier exposure to the concepts I start outlining in this video. I'm "spot fixing", ad-hoc, the gaps in student's knowledge right now, as they're going through mod 1, but I want to get ahead of this problem for the next cohort.
This sits on top of the work done in #68 so I'm going to merge in both, make sure all looks good, then pass to the upcoming cohort so they can start working on it.
I could go into far more detail about the exact specifics of every LOC change in the PR, but... only if anyone wants it! Otherwise, I'll save my essays for another day.
Don't merge until this video is up/viewable on Youtube: https://youtu.be/aeAkLxr5diE. It's uploading (slowly-ish) right now. (Update: It's finished, this PR is good to go.)
I wanted to replace the video walk-through that I'd made long ago, with a new one that is more up-to-date, etc. Making that new walk-through brought to my attention many other small tweaks and improvements that needed to be made, so I made them.
Broadly, I've reduced complexity of the set-up and tests, and created an improved walk-through that covers so much more than just making the tests pass.
This video walkthrough covers:
I first made this video two weeks ago (recorded it), really wanting to get it in front of the #2006-be as they're gearing up for Turing.
I really want students to get in the habits and processes I've outlined in this video, and I wanted it to go to them before end of Memorial day weekend, so... merging this in ~tonight~ the next morning.
Much of what's in this video is laying a groundwork for "learning how to learn".
Many current Mod 1 students, going into the 4th week of the mod, would be improved by having had earlier exposure to the concepts I start outlining in this video. I'm "spot fixing", ad-hoc, the gaps in student's knowledge right now, as they're going through mod 1, but I want to get ahead of this problem for the next cohort.
This sits on top of the work done in #68 so I'm going to merge in both, make sure all looks good, then pass to the upcoming cohort so they can start working on it.
I could go into far more detail about the exact specifics of every LOC change in the PR, but... only if anyone wants it! Otherwise, I'll save my essays for another day.