TDD python programming example

Continuing the work on my archiving system, we have now come to the point where the actual programming is done. Last week, I discussed what I wanted to program and how I got organized. This blog entry is about programming and unit testing.

Pre-programming

As stated last week, I will do my backup system properly and I start by doing a script that goes through the files searching for duplicates. In this post I will go through the basic idea and document how I want to implement the system. This step is trivial for experiences programmers with a project of this size, but it is an example of how to start a project.

Teaching python

We have decided to teach the students Python. Since the topic of which programming language is the better one, I would like to shared my thoughts on why we chose it.

I will also discuss our thoughts on why unit testing might be a very good idea for teaching programming.