Good
- Interactivity (technology and people)
- Day 2 topics (version control, testing and documentation)
- Hints about what's out there
- Overall breadth
- Hands-on
- VirtualBox and using a Virtual Machine
- Topics — git and shell
- Online materials, breadth
- Testing
- Python
- Good depth, overview
- Documenting the bootcamp online
- Interesting content
- Good for beginners
- Examples on day 1 (shell, Python)
- Organization
- Tips about what not to do
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Bad
- Too basic for some
- Jump up in difficulty on day 2
- VirtualBox problems
- Wanted Windows-specific examples
- Wanted C++ examples
- Wanted advantages/disadvantages of Python data structures
- Python subtleties not covered for beginners (when to use a colon)
- Too fast to follow sometimes (need to pause before executing commands)
- Wanted specific skills (i.e., Python)
- Wanted to know more about Valgrind
- Version control (too in depth — branches)
- git command-line was overwhelming (Github was good)
- More exercises, homework?
- Detailed schedule (so we can cherry-pick topics)
- Too fast sometimes
- Slides
- No printed documentation for notes
- What about SVN users?
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