Re: [Pythonedu-wg] K–12 Computer Science Framework -- k12cs.org

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Wes Turner wes.turner@gmail.com wrote:

There is a new K–12 Computer Science Framework: [...]

• Additionally, I can't help but wonder whether it makes sense it start with TDD

(Test-Driven Development) first when teaching Python (and STEM, and CS, in general).

Hello World with TDD (and links to {Wikipedia, DBPedia} concept URIs): https://westurner.org/2016/10/17/teaching-test-driven-development-first.html

import unittest

class TestHelloWorld(unittest.Testcase):

def setUp(self):
    # print("setUp")
    self.data = {'name': 'TestName'}

def test_hello_world(self, data=None):
    if data is None:
        data = self.data
    name = data['name']
    expected_output = "Hello, {}!".format(name)
    output = hello_world(name)
    assert expected_output == output
    self.assertEqual(ouput, expected_output)

 # def tearDown(self):
 #    print("tearDown")
 #    print(json.dumps(self.data, indent=2))