https://github.com/gvwilson/sdxpy

Software Design by Example: a tool-based introduction with Python
https://github.com/gvwilson/sdxpy

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Software Design by Example: a tool-based introduction with Python

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gvwilson/sdxpy
• Owner: gvwilson
• License: other
• Created: 2022-07-31T13:25:07.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-17T01:28:10.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-17T06:17:25.894Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: lesson, python, software-design
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://third-bit.com/sdxpy/
• Size: 36.4 MB
• Stars: 232
• Watchers: 12
• Forks: 41
• Open Issues: 26
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.md
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        
# Software Design by Example

Most data scientists have taught themselves most of what they know

about programming.  As a result, many have gaps in their knowledge:

they may be experts in some areas, but don't even know what they don't

know about others.

One of those other areas is software design.  A large program is not

just a dozen short programs stacked on top of each other: doubling the

size of a program more than doubles its complexity.  Since our brains

can only hold a small number of things at once, making large programs

comprehensible, testable, shareable, and maintainable requires more

than using functions and sensible variable names: it requires design.

The best way to learn design in any field is to study examples.  These

lessons therefore build small versions of tools that programmers use

every day to show how experienced software designers think.  Along the

way, they introduce some fundamental ideas in computer science that

most data scientists haven't encountered.  Finally, we hope that if

you know how programming tools work, you'll be more likely to use them

and better able to use them well.