Greg and others,
I might be a good guinea pig to test the Regular Expressions lesson
since I only have a surface level of knowledge about it.
I'm a little confused about whether there are two existing lessons
(regexpal.com or Python) or one? And if two, which is the direction that
SC wants to go.
I would be happy to work through the preferred lesson and offer feedback
to make more user friendly.
Thanks,
Carol
1. When we teach regular expressions, we introduce people to patterns
using regexpal.com's interactive browser-based tool. The current
regex lesson doesn't --- it dives right into Python, which (a) adds
cognitive complexity, and (b) makes it inaccessible to non-Python
workshops.
2. The existing lesson uses too much jargon.
3. And there aren't challenges for most parts.
As the original author of this lesson, I feel I ought to clean all
this up. On the other hand, this would be a great opportunity for
someone who's keen to contribute to take on a medium-sized job for
us... If you're interested, please give me a shout.
Thanks,
Greg
p.s. the existence of this lesson doesn't imply that most workshops
are going to teach regular expressions (just as the lesson on Make
doesn't mean most workshops will teach that) --- I'm just picking
things that are small, and have relatively little history, to find out
how well our lesson template works.
--
*Carol Willing*
Developer | Willing Consulting
+1 760 456 9366 | https://willingconsulting.com
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