Lecture 4

[elz]

Link to video and handout + Problem set 3

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Also! I was thinking, Google Code has some handy code review and commenting features, and who doesn't love version control, right? *g* So I set up an intro-cs-dw Mercurial project over there. I've never actually used Mercurial before, but I like having excuses to learn new things.

To get set up:

1) Email or pm me or leave me a comment and I'll add you as a project committer.

2) Add a folder with your name on it and put your problem set solutions in there.

That way if you want to collaborate with someone or leave helpful feedback or read other people's code, it should be a little easier than using the DW comments.

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[exor674]

Me me me! My google acct is andreanall@gmail.com if that's what it asks for.

[elz]

Awesome, you're all set!

[exor674]

I'm getting:

$ hg push
pushing to https://andreanall:***@intro-cs-dw.googlecode.com/hg/
searching for changes
abort: authorization failed

is there anything you can poke on your end to fix that?
Everything I can figure out from google is out of date -- and yes, I'm using the proper credentials.

[elz]

There's actually a separate password for Google Code - it's not your Gmail password. (From the upper right corner, Profile -> Settings.) Are you using that one?

[exor674]

Yes.

[elz]

I made you a project owner; let's see if that works any better.

[exor674]

No change -- I'll try tomorrow and see if it's a stale cache on google's end or something.

[elz]

Hrmph. Sorry about the hassle!

[exor674]

Worked today. So might want to advise people they have to wait a few hours before pushing.

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