This past week was more hectic than the last. I had six non-trivial assignments due for Chinese as well as a very difficult problem set due for Algorithms. I also had to study for my first test of the semester for Chinese which I took Thursday. It wasn't very difficult, but I know I will receive quite a few half-point deductions for small things. Due to all that, I didn't work on the project over the week but did start on it today. In just a few hours I completed most of the solution except the last test on Hacker Rank, on which I got a wrong answer, but didn't time out.
What's in your way?
In regards to the project, I now have to create a lot of edge case tests to see where my algorithm is going wrong since I can't actually see what the last test is testing for. After that comes a long stretch of formatting and other things necessary before I can turn it in. I also have yet another week of many Chinese assignments and one very difficult Algorithms problem set ahead of me, but since that is going to be every week, I need to get used to it.
What will you do next week?
Next week I will fix my algorithm, and if necessary implement eager and meta caching if lazy caching does not turn out to be adequate. I might also start looking for classmates that would form a group with me for the upcoming projects.
What was your experience of learning the basics of Python?
What was your experience of learning the basics of Python?
I already know the very basics of python, but a refresher course was helpful. Especially since most of what was taught in class, is a little more in-depth than the very basics. I learned of quite a few more data types than I knew there were, like frozenset. It has already been helpful in my project since using a dictionary for a lazy cache is very easy to work with.
What's your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My tip of the week is once again not to wait until the day Algorithm homework is due because you will have questions, and if the only way you can ask them at that time is through Piazza, you may or may not get the kind of answers you need in time.
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