Session 4: Dictionaries and Sets and Unit Testing

Readings

• Dictionaries and Sets
• Using a Dictionary to switch
• Exception Handling
• Testing
• Test Driven Development

Recommended Additional Reading

• Think Python: Chapters 11, 13, 14

• Dive Into Python3: Sections 2.6, 2.7, 4, 11

http://www.diveintopython3.net/native-datatypes.html#dictionaries

Exercises:

• Exceptions Lab
• Exceptions Exercise
• Introduction To Unit Testing
• Dictionary and Set Lab
• Mailroom With Dicts
• Trigrams – Simple Text Manipulation