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We are going to use a website called [http://codingbat.com/home/bostonpythonworkshop@gmail.com/PythonIntro CodingBat.com] to practice Python throughout this workshop.
 
Before you do the CodingBat questions for the Friday tutorial, let's walk through how to use CodingBat.com with an example.
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We like CodingBat because it gives you immediate feedback on how close your function is to being correct.
 
Let's walk through an example:, the [http://codingbat.com/prob/p216579 the sumTwoNumbers] exercise.
 
If you visit that exercise web page, this is what you'll see:
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This screen:
# describes the problem (write a function to add any two numbers together)
# shows you some of the inputs that CodingBat will use to test the function you've written, and the outputs that CodingBat expects to see returned from your function for each input.
 
The inputs are the values in the parentheses, and the expected output is the value pointed to by the arrows:
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If you simply click "Go" without typing anything in the box, CodingbBatCodingBat gives you an error on the right hand side of the screen:
 
 
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Now that you are a CodingBat master:
 
<div style="font-size:125%">[http://codingbat.com/home/bostonpythonworkshop@gmail.com/PythonIntroFriday &raquo; Click here to completing tonight's practice problems &laquo;]</div>
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