Python.
I've been told many times throughout my undergrad career that this is the language i need to be using. "c++ is too bothersome, and java's formatting is to strict" they'll say "but python.. is freedom"
While I can't say I'm ready to write off other programming languages as a whole yet, I am enjoy my first experience. Getting used to a world without curly brackets has been strange, but quite nice. The biggest difference I've seen is that simple tasks like manipulating lists, printing, and getting keyboard input are very easy to accomplish.
I have certainly had some stumbling blocks to work through however. For others in my shoes, here are a couple pages I have found useful.
basics
lists
As far as extreme programming, well, it sure sounds like a great idea. Weather or not it actually happens and works in a real corporate environment is something I'm a bit skeptical of, but I'm finding it interesting so far. The thoughts on incremental development have already shaped the way I'm thinking about our Collatz project.
Until next week,
Gregory Wadley
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