- splitting big problems into small pieces
- SQLite is easy
- functions instead of loops
- Python was easy
- naming functions after pets
- hands-on application at the same time as instructor
- morning tea
- dictionaries
- explaining why, rather than just what
- swapping variables
- using our own computers
- copy/paste onto Etherpad
- arrays in NumPy
- sticky notes
- a bit of motivational speaking
- location (I'm not from Melbourne, eh)
- Subversion FTW!
- Git + BitBucket
- Python Notebook
- hey, there's useful stuff online
- helpers
- red/green/refactor
- really practical exampels of test-driven development
- Greg tells stories
- lot of participation
- talk to other people during the breaks
- regular expressions
- cheap!
- seeing how programmers think
- realizing how much room for growth I have
- scared in the first ten minutes...
- the material is free
- peer instruction
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- WiFi
- didn't do any meteorological data sets
- the jokes
- viewing angle
- installing stuff
- couldn't use some advanced stuff (I'm a beginner)
- coffee
- running right after conference
- squeezing four half days into two full days (maybe try 3?)
- not enough exercises
- not long enough
- content could have been more focused
- didn't do NetCDF files
- a bit of motivational speaking
- didn't see comparison of Python with R
- lot of spread of material/ability
- longer breaks (I'm so tired)
- databases irrelevant to me
- IPython/NumPy confusing
- wasn't in New Zealand
- not enough time on version control
- wasn't in Fiji
- hated SQL
- Greg speaks waaaaaaaaay too fast
- learned a lot about Vi
- hopping
- pretty intense, dude
- took a long time to restart after breaks
- more on plotting
- lighting in the room is uneven
- more about linking Python to other things
- ...after first ten minutes, it was OK
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