Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

Single-use data analysis programs (Prep)

• Write a program to extract information from a JSON file
• Identify the trade-offs between using existing shell tools and writing custom programs
• Choose whether to use existing tools or write a custom program to solve a particular problem

Comparing JavaScript and Python (Prep)

• Identify and explain equivalences between JavaScript and Python
• Compare and contrast differences between JavaScript and Python
• Distinguish between essential and accidental complexity

Converting JavaScript to Python (Prep)

• Rewrite JavaScript code as Python

Virtual environments (Prep)

• Create a virtual environment with some dependencies installed.

Using Python dependencies (Prep)

• Write and run a Python program which uses third-party dependencies.

Java workshop (Day Plan)

• Make sense of code in a language you don’t know.
• Identify similarities and differences between programming languages.
• Use documentation, debugging, and search techniques to fix a bug in a program in a language you don’t know.
• Use documentation, debugging, and search techniques to extend a program in a language you don’t know.