openpatch / openpatch/bitflow

[Task] Code Tracing

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enhancement
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

Code tracing is an important skill to have. Some argue that it is necessary to learn code tracing, before writing code. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has published an interesting quick read on how students could be guided to trace a code snippet. Maybe we can develop a task, which requires a user to execute the three steps display in this paper.

  1. Highlight all expressions
  2. Use arrow to show the order of execution
  3. Follow the program and fill in the variables table and the output box

The most important aspect of this task would be to generate a good statistic, which should help the task creator to identify possible misconceptions.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with the linked Raspberry Pi Foundation paper and compare its three tracing steps with the repository's existing assessment concepts. Define the task flow and the statistics needed to identify misconceptions; done means users can complete all three steps and task creators can review useful results.

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Assessment

Tech stack
nextjs, react, typescript
Domain
analytics, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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