Compiled Learning Objectives

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.