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title: MPHY0021 - 21/10/2021 - group 4
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# MPHY0021 - 21/10/2021 - group 4

## Who is here?
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If you disconnect and connect again, please rename yourself again.
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Add your name to the list.
- Name/pronouns/github
- Matthew/he him/[ikitcheng](https://github.com/ikitcheng)
- Louise McCaul / sheher / louisemccaul
- Elizabeth Guest (Liz) / sheher / erg43
- Tianyun Qi/she her/Tianyun7
- Juan Francisco/he him/ [juanfrh7](https://github.com/juanfrh7)
- Xinyu Yao/he-him/UCLyxy
- Jake Voon / he-him / JakeVoon
- Tom/he&him/[tomholdendye](https://github.com/tomholdendye)
- Yi Shi/he him/howardys
- Keru Zeng/she her/Keru-Zeng
## Ice-breaker Activity

:question: Name one thing you learned about Python in the class preparation and why do you think it's useful? :snake: 


- Tom: Thing: += Why: short hand. 
- Juan Thing: List comprehension. Why: less code doing the same thing.
- Louise: Thing: Dictionary. Why: Great for storing data.
- Shashvat: Thing: Unpacking and passing args and kwargs, especially kwargs as a dictionary. Why: Helpful to pass complex objects (really "structs" from C) around without using Class, which can be opaque.
- Tianyun. Thing: functions. Why: Reusability.
- Yi Shi. Thing: Geography package. Why: Useful.
- Elizabeth. Thing: Definition. Why: Clear understanding of classes.
- Jake. Thing: Functions. Why: Useful for making main block of code really neat.
- Keru. Thing: Learn different writing style. Why: Used to matlab.

## Exercise/Discussion notes
- Need someone to take intiative/start things off (with screen sharing)
- Have person sharing screen being instructed and not taking lead
- Try make sure it's an idea everyone follows along with when working towards a solution







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