Homework Session05

Catch up!

• Finish the LABs from today - Exceptions lab
• Catch up from last week.
  • Add Exception handling to mailroom
  • And list (and dict, and set) comprehensions...
• If you’ve done all that – check out the collections module:
  • https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/collections.html
  • here’s a good overview: https://pymotw.com/3/collections/

Material to review before next week

Unit Testing:

• Dive into Python: chapter 9: http://www.diveintopython3.net/unit-testing.html

NOTE: you will find that most introductions to unit testing with Python use the builtin unitest module. However, it is a bit heavyweight, and requires some knowledge of OOP – classes, etc. So we’ll be using pytest in this class: http://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/. But the principles of testing are the same.

• Ned Batchelder’s intro to testing presentation:
  • http://nedbatchelder.com/text/test0.html

** Advanced Argument Passing

• arguments and parameters:
  • http://stupidpythonideas.blogspot.com/2013/08/arguments-and-parameters.html
  • https://pythontips.com/2013/08/04/args-and-kwargs-in-python-explained/