For all those interested, I finished a first version of the blog post on
the etherpad. Feel free to dial over and provide feedback or make
additions. I'd then convert this to a PR to the SWC site repo.
Best,
Peter
On 10/28/2015 09:59 AM, Greg Wilson wrote:
Hi everyone,
The simplest way to
One of the things that I always emphasize before and during the workshop
is that my aim is not to teach them to be programmers, but to make it
less scary if and when they do decide to learn things more in depth. My
main goal is to demystify programming. That way, it becomes less about
Hi Maxime,
thanks to share the information about the workshop.
> I think this is a very good ratio of "no show".
Agreed.
> * Git bash, used on Windows to teach bash and git, does not contain
>nano, or any simple editor (but it contains vi... )
> * Many users had trouble configuring
Hi Raniere,
Indeed, this was pointed out by my collegue, but it had eluded me. I
will have to check again for the workshop I am giving in 2 weeks.
Thanks,
Maxime
Le 2015-10-28 22:06, Raniere Silva a écrit :
Hi Maxime,
thanks to share the information about the workshop.
I think this is a
+1000 to this.
On that note, I always congratulate people when they get their first
error message. Only way to learn is to fail first.
Karin
On 28/10/15 21:49, Sam Penrose wrote:
I wonder if it is helpful in effect to reverse the polarity of the
identification, to say:
Programmers spend
I wonder if it is helpful in effect to reverse the polarity of the
identification, to say:
Programmers spend their time getting complex systems to play nicely,
which is a process of repeatedly getting stuck, then making some
progress, then getting stuck again. If you have felt stuck or
bewildered
What Karin says.
Even in a less pressured environment there is no hope of someone turning up to
a SC workshop and coming out of it a fully functioning and competent person int
he areas they have been exposed to. However, what we have done, as instructors,
is to sketch the route map and show
I encourage the students to break it in a known way so they can recognise the
error messages. 'What happens if you forget to close the quote/miss out the
comma' etc. Now you know what error you get so you know what to look for if you
see that error again (unclosed quote/missing comma etc.)
If
Hi everyone,
The simplest way to start might be to throw stuff into this Etherpad:
http://pad.software-carpentry.org/pulling-along-those-behind
Cheers,
Greg
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