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[WSG24] Daily Study Group: Programming Proficiency

Arben Kalziqi, Wolfram Research
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A Wolfram U Daily Study Group previewing our upcoming Programming Proficiency course sequence begins on Monday, January 29, 2024. The study group will run for ten days through February 9, and each day will run from 11AM to noon CDT.

Join me, @Abrita Chakravarty and a cohort of fellow enthusiasts to build a strong foundation for any and all sorts of Wolfram Language programming that you'll do in the future. We'll cover everything from syntax, definitions, and the underlying structure of expressions to efficient coding, working with various data structures, and even developing packages.

This study group will cover material from our Programming Fundamentals and Practical Programming courses, as well as provide attendees a first look at Programming and Development, the upcoming third and final course in the Programming Proficiency course sequence. Our intent is to provide a setting for this material which not only reaps the benefits of our Daily Study Groups'... well, group nature, but also spreads this material out over two weeks for those who cannot commit to the three-hour blocks required by these courses in their natural habitat.

This study groups aims to get you up and running with Wolfram Language, and as such no prior Wolfram Language or programming experience is necessary.

REGISTER HERE.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi
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Hi everybody—I've added today's "filled-out" notebook to the materials folder. See you tomorrow!
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi

Daily recordings will be shared with the group each day, so you can catch up on any sessions you miss. Looking forward to it!
POSTED BY: Jamie Peterson

One thing that really attracted me to Wolfram was how the expressions in a book I picked up published in 1988 still computed. Thankful, in this universe there is forward compatibility, even amongst changes in scientific knowledge.
POSTED BY: Lewis William Quaye

Please see the answers downthread—the easiest way I know to explain this is that if you say ax, how is Wolfram Language to know that you actually, truly, really meant a*x? It can't.

If you were to type myVar^2, you ostensibly would not expect to get m^2 * y^2 * V^2 * a^2 * r^2, so why expect differently for ax^2?

(Since tone is never conveyed well over text, I want to be clear that the intended tone here is "Socratic" rather than "snippy" ;).)
POSTED BY: Arben Kalziqi

Addendum to Lara's explanation: "ax" is read as one symbol, as opposed to "a x" which is read (in the example case) as two distinct symbols of a numeric type, so the space is interpreted by Mathematica as an implied multiplication.
POSTED BY: David Snyder

Hello Coe!

Arben's explanation made me want to see it in color. This is what came of it. I hope it helps.

PLEASE SEE THE NOTEBOOK ATTACHED TO THIS COMMENT

Have fun!

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