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TEACHING SOFTWARE TO TANGO Aidan Feldman

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HELLO!

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QUESTIONS • What are you up to? • What do you like about programming? • What’s hard? • What do you want to know about?

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WHAT’S HARD? • Setup • Syntax • What the heck is a variable? • n, or n+1? • Frameworks

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• Instructions • Logic • Conditions and edge cases • Abstractions

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MANAGING COMPLEXITY

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• Like writing: grammar is only a tiny piece • Organization • Design • Teamwork

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CODE IS LIKE POETRY

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“If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.”

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR ROBOT http://drtechniko.com/2012/04/09/how-to-train-your-robot/

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THANKS! Aidan Feldman [email protected]