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Building Code Muscle

Published on Sep 10, 2016

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Building Code Muscle

Exercising with Exercism.io 
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Learning To CODe

Too Simple or Too Complex 
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

But What TO PRACTICE? 
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Practicing Syntax is Good.

Practicing Problem Solving is Better. 
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EXERCISM.IO

SIMple Problems with Twists 
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EXERCISM

  • iterations
  • feedback & community
  • interesting problems
  • many languages
  • Test-driven methodology
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DOESN't REPLACE the  BASICs.

enhances what you've already learned. 
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DAILY PRACTICE

Stretch a Little Every day 
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Let's Get STarted.

Setting up Environment for Practice. 
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OVERVIEW

  • Sign up with Github
  • Get terminal client
  • Get Homebrew
  • Get Python
  • Get Python Editor
  • Exercism Signup
  • Code!
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GITHUB

http://github.com 
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ITERM2

https://www.iterm2.com 
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Homebrew

http://brew.sh 
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Python?

brew install Python 
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PYCHARM

https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/ 
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EXERCISM SIGNUP

http://exercism.io 
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SETTING UP

  • get exercism API Key
  • brew install exercism
  • exercism --configure --dir ~/exercism --key=
  • mkdir ~/exercism
  • cd ~/exercism
  • exercism --configure --dir ~/exercism --key=
  • open up pycharm....
  • exercism fetch python
  • exercism list
  • open pycharm...
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TIME TO CODE!

hello, World 
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Passing Tests

Test-Driven Basics 
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FINDING SOLUTIONS

Submitting 
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Moving On

More Exercises 
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Cleaner Code

ITERATIONS 
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THANK YOU!

Keep practicing and getting stronger 
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Quinn Murphy