These notes and task taught me about hierarchy, and specifically how it works in terms of the internet. The lesson shows how individual devices and routers fit into the cloud of networks and the internet in general. At the end of the lesson, we viewed a chart that showed several different kinds of hierarchies, and we filled in two more rows with hierarchies of our own choosing, in order to display our understanding of the concept. 

This is my finished AP Computer Science Create Task. I created an app for decluttering, consisting of a series of questions to be answered about the user's items so that the user can declutter. 

For the create task program, I had to create a function that implemented sequencing, selection, and iteration, as well as using an input variable. Additionally, I had to create and use a list to manage complexity. 

This badge from CodeHS was given to me after I completed both the List exercises (see below) and several quizes and practices involving tuples. I learned the differences and similarities between Lists and Tuples. For example, Lists are mutable, while tuples are immutable, meaning that you cannot change an item in a tuple, but you can change a list item. Additionally, I learned about nesting lists inside other lists, and how to access the elements in each. After completing all of the examples and practices, I had a quiz about the different data questions. 

The lists badge was awarded to me in CodeHS after I completed several list-based practices. These included creating, altering, and searching lists, as well as creating for loops with a list. These lessons taught me how to create a list and the fuctions used with lists. For example, if I want to apply one section of code to every item in a list,  I can use a for loop that goes through each item in the list. I can also use lists as a database that I can search and alter.

To start preparing for the create task portion of the AP Exam, we created programs that fulfilled some of the task's requirements. I made a program that helps you declutter by asking questions about an object to evaluate whether you really need it. 

These are the required aspects of the program and how my decluttering app meets them:

• (1) Function w/ a parameter - wrong_answer(category) is run when the user inputs an answer to a question that the program doesn't recognize. The function prints an error message and then uses the parameter - the name of the function the user is currently on - to restart the questions. 

• (1) Function w/o a parameter - the sets of questions are all functions, like clothes_questions() and books_questions(), but they don't use parameters because they don't require variable information. 

• Algorithm - My program is a set of processes and functions that fulfill a purpose, so it qualifies as an algorithm

• Sequencing - The questions must be asked in a specific order to make sense and achieve a good result. 

• Selection: If/Else, If, If/Else…Elif - Each set of questions is made of nested if/elif/else statements that lead the user to different questions or results based on their answers. 

• Iteration: For Loop, While Loop - Most of the code is run inside of a while loop so that the user can go through as many items as they would like. The loop asks the user if they would like to do another item at the end, and the loop either stops or repeats based on their answer.

I worked through a series of videos, examples, and practices to learn how to use Booleans in Python. A boolean is a true or false statement that can direct the flow of your code. For example, I could have code dependent on an input variable greater than 10. If the inputted variable were 7, the code would not run because the statement would read as "False." The goal of these exercises was to learn how I can change and control the flow of my code. Click on the link to the right to view the final practice in this lesson. 

 I got this badge on CodeHS after completing the Mouse Events lessons (mentioned below) and the Key Events lessons. These lessons taught me how to use the draw functions, like draw_circle() and draw_rectangle(). The goal of these lessons is to be able to display graphics, like shapes, to create a visual aspect of your program instead of just text. Additionally, like the user input lessons (two entries below), the graphics lessons helped me learn how to interact with people using the programs I make. 

I took notes about "mouse events" and then went through several examples and practices. The objective for learning how to use mouse events was to increase my ability to have user interaction with the program. With a mouse click, I can create an interactive program based on actions a user takes, like clicking a button. The program to the left is the last practice in the mouse events lessons. I created a program that draws randomly colored rectangles centered on where the user clicks. This program uses mouse events, the "draw_rectangle()" function, and a List of colors for the rectangles to be randomly assigned. 

I got this badge on CodeHS after completing the lessons and exercises about variables and user input. In the variables lessons, I learned what the kinds of variables are in Python, how to assign a value to them, and how to combine them. Then, in the user input lessons, I learned how to receive variable values from a user with the "input()" function. The goal of these lessons is to learn how to interact with the users of a program by receiving information from them. 

In this project, we worked in pairs to try a system called pair programming, where two programmers work together on one set of code. Pair programming increases efficiency and creativity. My partner for this project was Marisol Atencio, and we created a painting of a sun with a heart in it.  The objective was to create a design using the paint() function in CodeHS, as well as several of the other skills and functions we had learned. 

We used functions, for loops, and comments here. We learned how to work with a partner when coding, and the pros and cons of doing so. 

 Click on the link to view our program!

I got this badge after completing the lessons and practices about if/else statements. These statements trigger one set of code if a condition is true, and another set of code if the condition is false. 

To get this badge, I had to use if/else statements to write code that would let Karel navigate several different worlds and complete the same objective every time.  

The assignment here was to create a program using all of the concepts we had learned so far. This included For Loops, functions, commands, and comments. 

I created a "maze" and used these features to have Karel navigate the maze. For example, I use For Loops to get Karel to move across long stretches of space without me having to repeat the code. 

Click the link to view and run the program I created!

Super Karel is an API we use to learn beginner coding. I received this badge on CodeHS after completing the assignments for Super Karel. The objectives covered to get this badge included For Loops, If/Else statements, While Loops, and algorithms. I learned how to repeat code a set number of times with For Loops and how to repeat the code as long as a certain condition is true with While Loops. I also learned how to run one section of code if a condition is true and run another if it isn't with If/Else statements.