Problem 1: More Console Boxes

• Here you want to extend the console box problem from last week’s section
• You will prompt a user to enter in a width, and then again to enter a height, then use those to create your box
• Then you should still print the resulting box to the screen (in fact, you could still use your old function)
• Too easy? Make it so that if they don’t enter an integer, it keeps prompting them until they do.

Problem 1 Example Output

Please enter a width: 5
Please enter a height: 3
+---+
|   |
+---+

Problem 2: The Right Format

Which of the provided formatted string options below would evaluate to appear as:

when printed?

Problem 3: Tabulated Birthdays

• You want a program that prompts a user for 3 pieces of information:
  • Name
  • Birth month name
  • Birth year
• It should do this for each member of your group
• It should then print off a table with:
  • Columns of Name, Birth month, and Age (approximate)
  • Each members information below, nicely aligned

Problem 3 Example Output

Enter your name: Jed
Enter your birth month: April
Enter your birth year: 1985

Enter your name: Rick
Enter your birth month: June
Enter your birth year: 1952

Name   Birth Month  Age
Jed    April        41
Rick   June         74

Introduction to Wordle

• Our first project is recreating Wordle
• Guide is posted now and available!
• Due next Monday (Feb 16)
• Section questions will relate to common Wordle issues this week
• Aiming to be done with Milestone 3 by end-of-day Friday would be a good target

Your Responsibilities

• We provide you with a custom data type that handles all the graphics and user interaction
  • Don’t worry, you’ll have a chance to implement your own GUIs later in the semester!
• Your responsibilities will include:
  • Displaying and reading letters from boxes
  • Evaluating whether a word is valid
  • Determining what color each letter of a word should be
  • Selecting a secret five letter word for guessing
  • Determining when victory or defeat occurs
  • Coloring the keys according to the guesses so far

Interacting with the Window

• The WordleGWindow object contains its own information about what is happening in the window at any given point
• You must interact with it to:
  • Get information you need
  • Update information in the window
• A general algorithm/pattern that will be frequently used is to:
  • Get some information from the window
  • Use that information in your program to make a decision about something
  • Update the new information back to the window

Your Toolbox

• Utilize the special functions/methods provided by the graphics data type: WordleGWindow
  • These are documented in the guide, and include, but are not limited to, things like
    • Getting or setting a letter in a particular box
    • Getting or changing the color of a given box
    • Changing which row is used when characters are typed in
• Variables and functions
• Control statements
  • Good use of loops and if statements will be very useful
• String functions and operations

An Approach to Success

• Each project is accompanied by a highly detailed guide: read it!
  • Explains background ideas so that you can understand the big picture of what you are needing to do
  • Also included a breakdown of individual milestones
    • A milestone is a discrete checkpoint that you should ensure is working (and that you understand!) before moving on
    • Whenever you complete a milestone, you should upload your current code to GitHub.
• Projects are all about managing complexity. If you start trying to implement milestones out of order, you are asking for disaster
• Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed by scale. Focus on one particular milestone at a time, which should involve focusing only on a small part of your overall code

A Few Other Hints

• Despite there being multiple files in the starting repository, you only need to edit one yourself: wordle.py
• You will have an easier time here if you define all your helper functions inside the main wordle function that is defined in the starting template
• TEST TEST TEST!
  • Beyond just not doing something that the guide requests, the most common reason student’s lose points is because they didn’t test their code well
• If you want the possibility of a 100%, then you need to do at least one extension. But do not start any extensions until you are confident you have achieved everything the guide required, and have TESTED IT