Meeting 4 notes

Goals

    • Have fun!
  • Address questions from Meeting 4 pre-work readings and exercises.
  • Goal: Finish one program and start a new one.
    • Stretch goal: Dive into problem set 2. You don't need to finish all of PSet 1 to do this, move on if you're getting bored.
  • Yummy goal: Eat cookies.

Agenda

    • What did you learn from the Week 2 video?
      • Common bugs in loops
      • Working with strings
    • What do you think of the style guide?
    • What questions / confusions do you have?
  • Coding!
      • First time here? Go follow the Meeting 0 notes.
      • Tackle the challenges from Problem Set 1 or Problem Set 2.
    • Definitely start a new program, either from the same PSet or from the next one.
    • What to do if you get stuck?
    • Ask your peers questions.
    • Ask Google when your peers don't know.
    • Ask an instructor if those don't work.
    • Don't stay stuck for more than 10 minutes without asking for help.
  • Validate your programs with check50

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