{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Chapter 0: Start up" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Content Review" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Read [Chapter 0](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/master/00_start_up.ipynb) of the book. Then work through the ten review questions." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Essay Questions " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Answer the following questions briefly with *at most* 300 characters per question!" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q1**: Describe the difference between the terms *programming* and *computer science*!" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q2**: Explain what is a *pull request* and elaborate on how this concept fits a *distributed* organization of work!" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q3**: In what sense are open-source communities democracies? How are they near-\"perfect\" [meritocracies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy)? How is open-source software development similar to academia?" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q4**: What is a significant advantage of a \"slow\" programming language like Python over a faster one like C?" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### True / False Questions" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Motivate your answer with *one short* sentence!" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q5**: Python has been the fastest-growing *major* programming language in recent years." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q6**: Python is named after a snake to emphasize its agility and fast development speed right in its name." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q7**: Python was initially designed for highly intensive numerical computing, in particular for use cases from physics and astronomy." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q8**: JavaScript is a subset of the Java language." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q9**: Python is *free software*. That means it does not cost anything." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q10**: The primary purpose of PEPs is to regulate how code should be documented and styled." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## \"Coding\" Exercises" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Mastering Markdown" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Briefly review GitHub's guide on [Mastering Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/) and create nicely formatted \"text\" cells below!" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q11**: Check the latest [Bundesliga standings](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/table) and provide a table of the top three teams with the following four columns: rank, team name, games played, and points scored. Render the rank in **bold**, make the team name a clickable link (to the team's website), and put both the games played and points scored in *italics*. The header row should be visually different from the three rows with the teams' information." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q12**: The quote \"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school\" is attributed to Albert Einstein. Display the author and his quote appropriately!" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**Q13**: Integrate this image (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-BoSRlzy9c4/maxresdefault.jpg) of the delicious dessert **milk rice** into this notebook." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ " " ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.7.3" }, "toc": { "base_numbering": 1, "nav_menu": {}, "number_sections": false, "sideBar": true, "skip_h1_title": true, "title_cell": "Table of Contents", "title_sidebar": "Contents", "toc_cell": false, "toc_position": {}, "toc_section_display": false, "toc_window_display": false } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 2 }