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Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way: The Next Step for New Python Programmers
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Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way: The Next Step for New Python Programmers

by Zed A. Shaw
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
5h 57m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Exercise 5. cat

With Exercise 4 you began the work of finding out what blocks you. It was a simple challenge of conducting a spike researching how best to get command line arguments from a user. The real purpose of the exercise was your lab notes on what you do to get started. Did you discover anything you need to change? Any strange habits or setup issues? In this exercise you’ll be creating a replica of a simple command called cat, but your real purpose is to pick one thing to change about your setup so you get started faster. Remember that the point is not your implementation of cat. The point is how quickly can you get started and whether you can do something useful in 45 minutes.

As with the previous exercise, stick to the 45-minute deadline. ...

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