Module 1

 

I thought this module lab was fairly easy to comprehend and perform, up until creating the flowchart for the math problem. We input an already written script into Python IDLE, which created our course and module folders for us. I thought this was a pretty interesting concept because it standardizes things that would be somewhat time consuming throughout the course. Now we don't have to focus on naming conventions as much, as the entire course folder is already created. The flowcharting, though, I found to be a bit more difficult. I have never done anything like this, but while reading and watching the module materials, it seemed pretty straight forward. Once I actually was presented with the problem of converting 3 radians into degrees, I became confused about how to break it down into a flowchart. Was I supposed to detail each individual number and unit first? It was feeling very foreign to me. So, I went back through the materials and watched some youtube videos about this concept to try and clear the process up for myself. I ended up decided to detail the inputs and outputs first, and then the steps to get between the two. Overall I think i figured it out, but i will definitely need to utilize office hours going forward in this course if I want to fully comprehend these concepts.

I also ready through "The Zen of Python" and interpreted its meaning based on the other module materials and lab assignment. I found the meaning of this to be guiding the reader to keep language simple, because simple gets the job done while avoiding errors. Along with being simple, it says to be straightforward. Dancing around with scripting can be harder for the program to interpret, and harder for future readers/programmers to interpret. Along with being straightforward, it wants you to be purposeful. As in say what you mean and mean what you say. There doesn’t need to be unnecessary words, but all necessary words must be written. I could keep breaking down each principle, but overall it seems to mean that conducting this sort of work in an accurate and precise manner will COMPLETE the task and complete it the right way.

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