Thoughts from 2024

[jenniferagraham]

List of notes made (thoughts) during 2024 course (days 2-3):

notebook 7:
fibonacci example too confusing?
"Image" function doesn't work - should these statements be removed, or amended in env?
iterator example (iter function) too confusing? Not needed?

Notebook 10 - ex 1, typo - no a valid number.

Notebook 9 - not enough time for this exercise?

Errors and exceptions: don't spend so long on this?

notebook 13:
np.lookup - doesn't exist anymore?

np.where - include more?

add squeeze as well as new axis example?

We use a lot of random number arrays for examples. Would it be better to consider using more example datasets? (Make it appear less obscure)

notebook 14:
Is the CO2 / CH4 exercise too long?
List comprehension vs for loop datetime example confusing?
Need to allow more time for matplotlib, or reduce course content?
Final exercise confusing - is it needed?

All felt a bit rushed.

notebook 15:
datetime ordinals exercise a bit confusing

• Make something simpler that avoids random dates??
  Fix datetime.datetime import.

ax.ravel -> this isn't explained in numpy? flatten vs ravel for copy vs view?

np.genfromtxt -> is this needed? could we use loadtxt or something else instead?
(avoid confusion over different methods)

17-Pandas:

Add a note on how to set the index column of your dataset?
Benefits of datetime interpretation, for different strings.

Make sure to clear notebooks before commit and push!

19 - xarray
Should we provide an updated example for netcdf output?
Something with more meaningful axis, e.g., lat, lon, depth?