- used specific, concrete examples
- hands on
- good breadth
- knowing the tools exist
- seeing the Power of Pipes
- seeing how to use version control for traceability
- insistence that prior experience wasn't necessary
- the Power of Python (!!!)
- liked the Power of Databases
- saw background of databases
- now understand how much more efficient is possible
- stories are entertaining
- starting from scratch helpful
- databases may not be completely useless
- liked having things online after day 1
- great motivational speaker
- emphasis on commonality/interoperability
- liked provenance
- web site
- linked coding/learning
- introduced things to use *with* Python
- content was fairly conceptual
- clean code from the beginning
- drawing parallels between Python and MATLAB
- including version numbers (provenance)
- forced to learn my Mac
- being allowed to talk to neighbors
- "programming is meaningless" is good
- prepared pedagogy, not material
- I feel like I'm a better programmer
- great going over Unix stuff
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- some things were too fast (esp. day 2)
- instructor wanders
- more practice time
- instructor types too fast
- wanted two screens at once
- switching between Python and shell confusing
- more time on switching between screens
- follow instructor or take notes but not both
- handout please!
- not enough hands-on practice
- not knowing how to get data into database
- can't keep track with multiple Python files
- didn't explain regular expressions
- lack of hands-on
- more data manipulation
- not enough time
- shorter, more frequent breaks
- download folder of examples
- can't do it all in two days
- confused with version control
- accelerated toward the end
- don't know how to use database in research
- advance materials
- show up early for setup
- say "meaningless" first
- sys.argv etc. not covered
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