Category Archives: Penjee App

What is Pseudo Code ?

Pseucode is a way to express what your code should do, without using a particular language’s syntax. In our assignment,  To the water, for instance, pictured below: We provide the students with the following Pseudocode [crayon-67429b5533de3079372898/] As you can see, there is no Python syntax included in that snippet. Instead, we are expressing what the code … Continue reading What is Pseudo Code ? →

Troubleshooting Penjee. Common Student Errors

So, you tried to complete a Penjee challenge and you did not receive the message below:   Below are the most common reasons for this problem. Reason #1 : (Very rare, but frustrating) You are 100% sure your code  is correct but the assignment isn’t completing. Though this happens very  rarely, sometimes the web page does not load all of the … Continue reading Troubleshooting Penjee. Common Student Errors →

Flowchart and Animation of while loop with if else

We are in the process of creating a unit on while loops with if/else (and soon if/elif/else) structures  in our latest python unit. The Goal is to start your penguin here : And to write a single loop to get to the fish, as shown in this animation     Or as a flow chart … Continue reading Flowchart and Animation of while loop with if else →