atopos

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   by atopos 6y ago

   Non specialists are totally unaware of the extreme difficulty of performing solo live music, particularly with polyphonic instruments like piano or classical guitar. As a music teacher I have assessed many students at that level, and as a p
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   by atopos 7y ago

   I'm joining this conversation late. As a professional musician and music teacher, though, I think that a couple of methodological recommendations could help. Whatever the tools (books, websites, etc) you use, never learn anything that
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   by atopos 8y ago

   Nice article! Something along these lines is still present, I think, in HtDP, at least in the Chapter about abstractions (16.1, 16.5, and 16.6). Basically, when designing a function one can use existing abstractions (or, I would add, design
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   by atopos 8y ago

   I agree with Noel about PLAI. It might be an excellent follow-up. You could also look into the Racket Guide for transitioning to Racket. If you want to keep working on more complex interactive programs, instead, the lux module ( https:&#x2F
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   by atopos 8y ago

   As for new or changed things in HtDP2e, look at this: https://htdp.org/2018-01-06/Book/part_preface.html#%28part._... . The UBC course on edX, now called HtC (How to Code), closely follows this second edition