Week 7 - debugging & unit testing

Question 1

3 ways to debug?

Answer 1

1. Using print statement
2. In interactive text book - codelens
3. %debug - creates output similar to codelens.

Question 2

What is Functional decomposition?

Answer 2

It is breaking problems into smaller chunks.

Question 3

What is an example of a good docstring?

Answer 3

’'’descriptions of function
param - parameter_name: description
param - parameter_name: description
return: description of what will be returned.

Question 4

What help(function_name) used for?

Answer 4

To print the functions docstring.

Question 5

How can you text functions (2)?

Answer 5

1. import test

2. can use a conditional statement, defined within another function.

Question 6

What is Black box testing?

Answer 6

It is a testing method in which the internal structure is not known to the tester.

Question 7

What is white box testing?

Answer 7

It is a testing method in which the internal structure is known to the tester.