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“The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”

—John Locke

Resources

A collection of useful articles in the subjects I teach, including articles on pedagogy and narrowboat repair.

Blacking my Narrowboat

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canals

This was the first time I've blacked narrowboat so I thought I'd write up my experiences and method used. At the very least it'll be useful for me in a few years time when I come to repeat the ordeal!

So err... why bother?

Steel in water will corrode. Over …

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Random numbers, order and choices

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python random passwords
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compsci
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variable standard-library for-loop

In this article I will present uses of the standard library random. We will apply this to some useful examples.

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What to do when you're stuck

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python programming

In this article I outline what to do if you get stuck with the exercises.

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Fancy Printing With Python

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python output print

Printing with the new format argument is an incredibly useful technique. In this article I will present a few use cases.

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Asking for Validated Input

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python gcse coding

In this post I will describe one way to ask the user for input and reject invalid input

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