Studying anything takes both discipline and perseverance. There is just no avoiding it.
These are also the same skills you need to practice when you do those things.
Work hard!
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Discipline and Perseverence
Friday, September 12, 2008
How you might implement the exercises
Friday, September 12, 2008
When you work on your exercises, you can leverage DrScheme to make it easier to find particular functions or bits of homework by using the definitions dropdown. I posted on it here:
Here is how I implement exercises. I say implement, because I am concerned here with a coding detail, *not* design recipes.
DrScheme has a nice [...]
This is an experiment
Friday, September 12, 2008
Originally posted here:
Most of us here are already programmers, or want to be. All of us are going to give up time to work through HTDP. It is a sacrifice. How do we know what will happen? Well, we don’t.
I think of this first group as being an experiment. We’re going to find out what [...]
Working with Google Groups
Friday, September 12, 2008
Overall it has been a pleasant experience working with Google Groups.
Rather than set up a server, install the wiki, file share, and listserve myself, and host it on the Internet; I can set up a group there instead. It is pretty convenient. Additionally, their interface is pleasant and search works pretty well (no surprises [...]
Lets start here: HTDP/2e Prolog
Friday, September 12, 2008
Per Matthias, the best place to start HTDP is by quickly going through the prolog to the 2nd edition and then diving into the book. I posted on this here.
Are we doing this to learn Scheme?
Friday, September 12, 2008
Q. Are we doing this to learn Scheme?
A. No. As a result of working through the book, we will learn Scheme, but the goal is to learn how write programs, not learn Scheme the programming language. For that you should read http://www.scheme.com/tspl3/.
HTDP is Free
Friday, September 12, 2008
HTDP is FREE. Basically the only thing you need to take advantage of it is a computer, interest, and discipline.
That is awesome!
Opportunities while studying HTDP
Friday, September 12, 2008
While studying HTDP, there are a few opportunities that occur during the process:
Practice Blogging:
I am assuming two things:
1. We are all going to learn things.
2. It is going to be fun.
That alone is worth blogging about.
If you haven’t got a blog, this is an excuse to start one.
The tagging facilities that most blog engines provide [...]
What will we do, and when will we do it?
Friday, September 12, 2008
Originally posted here:
What we will do is to read and complete the problems in HTDP.
When we’ve got questions (or thoughts or ideas) about the content (any content, not necessarily limited to HTDP, anything CS/HTDP related is fair game), we should send them to the mailing list.
I will respond to, and post, questions every morning and [...]
Who is participating (at least initially)?
Friday, September 12, 2008
Originally posted here:
Initially, the folks participating are primarily either co-workers or non-co-worker friends who have wide range of experience and interests.
From my perspective, everyone is welcome.
The more interested, motivated participants the better!
I’ve been delighted by the number of folks that have showed up on the Internet either to participate or help. There are a lot [...]