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December 6th SLOG update

Recently I took the second term test, and improved from the first term test. In addition I recently submitted a project regarding the spread of an infection as well, although I couldn't find the time to finish the last few lines of code with other term tests lurking around the corner. Now that the second term test is completed, all that is left is for me to take the final, I hope that I will do well, and I hope that the study tools I have chosen, reviewing the weekly exercises and looking at older exams. It's my hope that these will guide me in the right direction as to what sorts of questions and ideas I should be reinforcing. One of the things I found hard initially was how to define a function in CSC104 and have it accept certain inputs, fortunately, after getting some help with the second project I was able to understand how to do this. Having taken the course, looking back, the advice I would give to people who are going to take this course would be the following: Al
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October 27th update

When I prepare for quizzes in CS104 I usually start by going to the course website and looking at the week exercise. After playing around with the code if I am unsure of how the code works I will usually look in the CSC104 language manual and look up any particular commands or syntax that I do not understand. Usually this is enough to get through the quizzes. For the tests, I will rewatch the lectures on the lecture cast from blackboard. Then I open up all the week excercises and play around and make sure I understand the code, the syntax, and the commands. Initially I found the Booleans and conditionals hard, but I was able to overcome this by making some code that was focused around conditionals that would do certain things depending on inputs or the requirements of conditions. Generally I find that I do not need help in this course, but I know that the CS department has many TA's who are willing to help me if I need it. As well as many office hours provided by the professors.
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Csc 104 SLOG

I chose CSC104 because CSC108 was full in both Fall and Winter semesters. I expected programming to be like programming I've done before. This programming is different than what I'm used too because the language that we are using in Dr. Racket really doesn't make any sense. I found the shapes very interesting So far the course has been okay, and the hardest part has been the quizzes. The course has been easier than what I expected. I study for quizzes by downloading the dr. racket excercises and trying out the code and seeing what funcutions works and what arguments they take. I'm not interested in any particular topics with regards to computer science just yet. I really hope that I am able to find something useful in CSC104 that I can carry on as I take harder courses in the future. I hope that CSC104 will at least provide a very solid foundation for my studies in computer science. I find that the syntax in Dr. Racket is really weird, for instance if you wa
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