15-coffee.qmd

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title: "Afternoon Coffee"
abstract: |
  This tutorial covers fundamental Python programming concepts.
date: last-modified

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# Authors
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# Contributors
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keywords: ["Python", "Programming", "Tutorial", "Data Science", "Jupyter"]
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## Reflection exercise

Over break, reflect on and discuss the following:

- A common refrain in software engineering is "Don't Repeat Yourself". How do the techniques we've learned in the last
  lessons help us avoid repeating ourselves? *Note that in practice there is some nuance to this and should be balanced
  with doing the simplest thing that could possibly work.*
- What are the pros / cons of making a variable global or local to a function?
- When would you consider turning a block of code into a function definition?