Laurent Gatt wrote
When we started the 'Advanced R development' course, some participant
thought that it was a follow-up of the 'Beginners R course' and joined
despite the description stating requirement that were clearly (for use,
at least) not met after two days of introductory programming
On 2014-11-28 2:25 PM, Hsi-Kai (Kai) Yang wrote:
Laurent Gatt wrote
When we started the 'Advanced R development' course, some participant
thought that it was a follow-up of the 'Beginners R course' and joined
despite the description stating requirement that were clearly (for use,
at least) not
Sorry, there is typo in my previous email.
To be accurate, I meant scoping rather than name space.
-kai
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Hsi-Kai (Kai) Yang h...@uw.edu wrote:
Teaching polymorphism in the basic workshop could be overkill. But it
might be worthwhile to add object-oriented
Hi Kai,
Our experience is that trying to get learners who have little previous
training in programming all the way to defining classes in half a day
(which is all the time we usually have for Python in our workshops)
fails badly. If they leave understanding that they should break their
Hi, Greg:
Yes, the package in the basic Python is rich in contents already.
My email was indeed a response to your reference to Byron Weber Becker's
slide deck. I thought you liked his guides on polymorphism, and solicited
possible extension to our package. There's misunderstanding here.
I guess