A Fresh Start

When I tried the first LinkedList lab, I found it quite difficult. I had no idea how to even design the new query. My trouble wasn't helped by the fire alarm nor the fact I (nor my partner) saw the hints. I sat there, with my lab partner, for the whole lab, typing random nonsense to no avail.

Surprisingly, when I tried the LinkedList lab next week, I knew exactly what to do--kinda. I'm still not entirely sure if we implemented it the way Dan wanted (we didn't keep an index of the older/newest items), but we implemented it nonetheless.

I'm not sure why it was so much easier the second time (it's not like I was thinking about it outside the lab), but it was. It's great to see what a nice long break and fresh start can do.

List Comprehension...

Yesterday's practical was great! I went in there, not knowing anything about list comprehensions, and leaving with a--good--understanding of them.

While it wasn't necessary to entirely understand list comprehensions to finish the lab, it was useful. The lab encouraged me (and my lab partner) to read the (lecture?) slides about list comprehension, filter, and any. Had it not been for this lab, I probably would have finished CSC148 without knowing how comfortably use list comprehension.

Thanks to this lab, I can now use list comprehensions, filter, and any in future projects. They, admittedly, make life a lot easier.

Now, you may be wondering, why did the chicken cross the road? I have no idea. But hey, why not check out my lab partners SLOG? He's kinda a cool guy...sort of...maybe.