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+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# Good coding habits\n",
+    "## naming folders and files"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "[Stanford file naming best practices](https://library.stanford.edu/research/data-management-services/data-best-practices/best-practices-file-naming)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "1. Include information to distinguish file name e.g. project name, objective of function, name/initials, type of data, conditions, version of file, \n",
+    "2. if using dates, use YYYYMMDD, so the computer organizes by year, then month, then day\n",
+    "3. avoid special characters e.g. !, #, \\$, ...\n",
+    "4. avoid using spaces if not necessary, some programs consider a space as a break in code use dashes `-` or underscores `_` or CamelCase"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Commenting your code"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Its important to comment your code to mention what a variable's units are, what the function is supposed to do, etc. \n"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 1,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "function i=code(j)\n",
+    "    % Example of bad variable names and bad function name\n",
+    "    for w=1:j\n",
+    "        i(w)=w;\n",
+    "    end\n",
+    "end"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "metadata": {
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+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "'code' is a command-line function\n",
+      "\n",
+      " Example of bad variable names and bad function name\n",
+      "\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Additional help for built-in functions and operators is\n",
+      "available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command\n",
+      "'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW\n",
+      "at http://www.octave.org and via the help@octave.org\n",
+      "mailing list.\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "help code"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Choose variable names that describe the variable"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 7,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "function count_vector=counting_function(max_value)\n",
+    "    % Good variable names and better help documentation\n",
+    "    % \n",
+    "    % counting function creates a vector from 1 to max_value where each index, i, is \n",
+    "    % stored in each vector spot\n",
+    "    for i=1:max_value\n",
+    "        count_vector(i)=i; % set each element in count_vector to i\n",
+    "    end\n",
+    "end      "
+   ]
+  },
+  {
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+    {
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+     "text": [
+      "'counting_function' is a command-line function\n",
+      "\n",
+      " Good variable names and better help documentation\n",
+      " \n",
+      " counting function creates a vector from 1 to max_value where each index, i, is \n",
+      " stored in each vector spot\n",
+      "\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Additional help for built-in functions and operators is\n",
+      "available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command\n",
+      "'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW\n",
+      "at http://www.octave.org and via the help@octave.org\n",
+      "mailing list.\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "help counting_function"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
+   "source": [
+    "## Putting it all together"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "1. Clone your homework_1 to your computer\n",
+    "2. open Matlab (cli, jupyter or gui)\n",
+    "3. Change working directory to homework_1 *e.g.* Windows:`cd('C:\\Users\\rcc02007\\Documents\\Github\\homework_1')`, Mac: `cd('/Users/rcc02007/Documents/Github/homework_1')`\n",
+    "4. You have already created your first script `myscript.m` (if not see lecture_4)\n",
+    "5. Run `>> my_script.m`\n",
+    "6. Create a new m-file called nitrogen_pressure.m\n",
+    "7. Create a function based upon the ideal gas law for nitrogen, Pv=RT\n",
+    "    1. R=0.2968 kJ/(kg-K)\n",
+    "    2. inputs to function are v (specific volume m^3/kg), and T, temperature (K)\n",
+    "    3. output is P, pressure (kPa)\n",
+    "8. Once the function works, commit the change to the repository (add a message, like 'added file nitrogen_pressure.m'\n",
+    "9. After file is 'committed', 'push' the changes to your github account\n",
+    "\n",
+    "for the command-line git user, this is steps 8 and 9:\n",
+    "1. `$ git add *`\n",
+    "2. `$ git commit -m 'added file nitrogen_pressure.m'`\n",
+    "3. `$ git push -u origin master\n",
+    "    Username for 'https://github.uconn.edu':rcc02007 <enter>\n",
+    "    Password for 'https://rcc02007@github.uconn.edu': `\n",
+    "   "
+   ]
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+
+# Good coding habits
+## naming folders and files
+
+[Stanford file naming best practices](https://library.stanford.edu/research/data-management-services/data-best-practices/best-practices-file-naming)
+
+1. Include information to distinguish file name e.g. project name, objective of function, name/initials, type of data, conditions, version of file, 
+2. if using dates, use YYYYMMDD, so the computer organizes by year, then month, then day
+3. avoid special characters e.g. !, #, \$, ...
+4. avoid using spaces if not necessary, some programs consider a space as a break in code use dashes `-` or underscores `_` or CamelCase
+
+## Commenting your code
+
+Its important to comment your code to mention what a variable's units are, what the function is supposed to do, etc. 
+
+
+
+```octave
+function i=code(j)
+    % Example of bad variable names and bad function name
+    for w=1:j
+        i(w)=w;
+    end
+end
+```
+
+
+```octave
+help code
+```
+
+    'code' is a command-line function
+
+     Example of bad variable names and bad function name
+
+
+    Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
+    available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command
+    'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.
+
+    Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW
+    at http://www.octave.org and via the help@octave.org
+    mailing list.
+
+
+## Choose variable names that describe the variable
+
+
+```octave
+function count_vector=counting_function(max_value)
+    % Good variable names and better help documentation
+    % 
+    % counting function creates a vector from 1 to max_value where each index, i, is 
+    % stored in each vector spot
+    for i=1:max_value
+        count_vector(i)=i; % set each element in count_vector to i
+    end
+end      
+```
+
+
+```octave
+help counting_function
+```
+
+    'counting_function' is a command-line function
+
+     Good variable names and better help documentation
+     
+     counting function creates a vector from 1 to max_value where each index, i, is 
+     stored in each vector spot
+
+
+    Additional help for built-in functions and operators is
+    available in the online version of the manual.  Use the command
+    'doc <topic>' to search the manual index.
+
+    Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW
+    at http://www.octave.org and via the help@octave.org
+    mailing list.
+
+
+## Putting it all together
+
+1. Clone your homework_1 to your computer
+2. open Matlab (cli, jupyter or gui)
+3. Change working directory to homework_1 *e.g.* Windows:`cd('C:\Users\rcc02007\Documents\Github\homework_1')`, Mac: `cd('/Users/rcc02007/Documents/Github/homework_1')`
+4. You have already created your first script `myscript.m` (if not see lecture_4)
+5. Run `>> my_script.m`
+6. Create a new m-file called nitrogen_pressure.m
+7. Create a function based upon the ideal gas law for nitrogen, Pv=RT
+    1. R=0.2968 kJ/(kg-K)
+    2. inputs to function are v (specific volume m^3/kg), and T, temperature (K)
+    3. output is P, pressure (kPa)
+8. Once the function works, commit the change to the repository (add a message, like 'added file nitrogen_pressure.m'
+9. After file is 'committed', 'push' the changes to your github account
+
+for the command-line git user, this is steps 8 and 9:
+1. `$ git add *`
+2. `$ git commit -m 'added file nitrogen_pressure.m'`
+3. `$ git push -u origin master
+    Username for 'https://github.uconn.edu':rcc02007 <enter>
+    `
+
+
+
+```octave
+
+```