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10Jupyter NotebookAudience · generalComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

TLDR

A numbered series of Python Jupyter notebooks used to train Taiwanese high school students for a competitive programming exam.

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    What it does
      Python training notebooks
      Competition prep
    Tech stack
      Python
      Jupyter
    Use cases
      Study time complexity
      Practice fast IO
    Audience
      Students

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Work through the numbered notebooks in order to build up Python skills before a competitive programming exam.

USE CASE 2

Use the time complexity and sorting algorithm notebooks as a standalone lesson on algorithm performance.

USE CASE 3

Reference the fast I/O and built in function notebooks when optimizing solutions for a judge system like DOMjudge.

What is it built with?

PythonJupyter Notebook

How does it compare?

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Stars101011
LanguageJupyter NotebookJupyter NotebookJupyter Notebook
Last pushed2022-05-09
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/52/52/5
Audiencegeneralresearcherdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Just Jupyter notebooks, open them with Jupyter or a compatible notebook viewer, no other setup required.

In plain English

Gold Hand Programming Training is a set of teaching materials created for a Taiwanese vocational high school competitive programming team, put together by two named instructors for a national programming skills competition. The materials are meant to prepare students who will use a judge system called DOMjudge during the actual competition, and the README links to a virtual machine image used for that judging environment. The bulk of the content is a numbered series of Jupyter notebooks that build up Python skills gradually, starting with basics like f-strings and shallow versus deep copying, then moving into time complexity using bubble sort and merge sort as examples, comparing execution speed between C, C++, and Python, general coding style principles, recursion, sequences and computing greatest common divisor and least common multiple, fast input and output using sys.stdin, general performance tips, and built in functions such as map, zip, and the lru_cache decorator used for dynamic programming. The README describes this material as being added to over time rather than a finished, fixed set. Because the notebooks are meant to be worked through in order and build on the concepts before them, the project functions as a self contained course rather than a single tool or library. It assumes the reader already has some exposure to Python and wants to specifically prepare for a timed competitive programming exam that emphasizes correctness and speed under time complexity constraints. The README does not mention a license, and it does not describe any code beyond the notebooks themselves, so there is no separate application, service, or command line tool to install here.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Explain the concepts covered in the bubble sort versus merge sort time complexity notebook in this repository.
Prompt 2
Walk me through what topics I should study first if I am starting this Gold Hand Programming series as a beginner.
Prompt 3
Help me write a new notebook in the same style as these, covering binary search and its time complexity.
Prompt 4
Summarize what the lru_cache and dynamic programming notebook in this series likely teaches.

Frequently asked questions

What is gold-hand-training?

A numbered series of Python Jupyter notebooks used to train Taiwanese high school students for a competitive programming exam.

What language is gold-hand-training written in?

Mainly Jupyter Notebook. The stack also includes Python, Jupyter Notebook.

How hard is gold-hand-training to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is gold-hand-training for?

Mainly general.

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