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==Advice== | ==Advice== | ||
| − | + | ;A program that runs is worth more than one that doesn't. | |
| + | :Even if the one that doesn't attempts to run computation aimed at answering all the questions. | ||
| − | + | ;Start small! | |
| + | :If it makes life easier for you to make your program read the temperature data from a file or from a string rather than from the Web, then use this approach first while you are developing the code. You can switch at the end to making your program read information from the Web. | ||
| − | + | ; Concentrate on the easy questions first. | |
| + | : There is nothing sacred about the order in which the questions above are ordered. The order in which the program outputs the results is important, though. | ||
| − | + | ; Submit regularly. | |
| + | :Whenever you have a version of your program that works, just submit it. Every submission overwrites the previous version submitted. | ||
| − | + | ; Be resourceful. | |
| + | :There won't be any extension due to failure of the computer, either beowulf or yours. Python can run on all the various platforms available to you. As long as the computer you are using can access the Web, you can write a program for the final. In case beowulf is down on the last day of exam period, email your program to your instructor (thiebaut@cs.smith.edu) before the 4:00 p.m. deadline. | ||
| − | + | ; Good luck! | |
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