Nov 12: Quiz5, Final Project

Learning Objectives

After today's class, you should be able to:

• Summarize the algorithms of the Part B functions of PA 2.
• Describe the requirements and programming topics of PA 3.

Announcements

• PA2 Reflection due tomorrow, but you can do it today!
• Read Week 13 – last reading assignment of the course

PA2 Debrief/Hints

• def is_solved(current: Grid, solution: Grid) -> bool:
• def check_swap(first: str, second: str) -> str:
• def cell_to_str(cell: Cell) -> str:
• def print_grid(grid: Grid) -> None:
• def update_grid(current: Grid, solution: Grid) -> Grid:
• def swap_cells(first: str, second: str, grid: Grid) -> Grid:

Preview of PA3

Will be based on last year's PA3 ← subject to change

• Read last.fm data from json files
• Build playlists and find new songs
• Analyze social network connections
• Define and implement your own idea

This year's PA 3 spec and sample data ← coming soon

Submission	Points	Due
Part A. Unit Testing	15 points	Wed 11/19
Part B. Nested Data	50 points	Fri 11/21
Part C. Recursion	15 points	Tue 12/02
Part D. API Usage	20 points	Tue 12/02

Quiz 5

[30 min]

Topics: Strings (PA1-B) and File I/O (PA2-A)

• 1st sheet: "written potion"
  • Turn off monitor during written portion
• 2nd sheet: "coding potion"
  • You must use Thonny (not VS Code)
  • Do not turn off recording; just log out