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0 pointsteruakohatu1y ago0 comments

> I mean. Should be doing that anyway. Code doesn’t just exist for the computer, but also for humans who have to maintain it.

Harsh! I like to think I am good lecturer.

Depends on the specification of the assignment. In my case I teach data science not software development so the specification is not "bullet proof code that won't break when pytorch releases a new version tomorrow" but rather statistical and data rigour. This is where spent my time when marking, not how maintainable the code is.

CS students turn in MUCH better code, but frequently data is leaking into tests or validation sets etc. making the results either meaningless or compromised.

At the end of the day code quality is strongly correlated to grades.

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withinboredom1y ago

That seems like readability is even more important! I've taught programming to friends and family my entire life (to anyone who wants to learn), and one thing I always focus on is 'telling a story with comments', explaining how, where, and why data flows through the code. At the end, reread your comments and your code and figure out which one is wrong; then refactor.

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