Outline:

0. Questions?
1. Recap: list operations and methods (W3)
   • Exercise 1
2. Python’s dict type
   • abstraction
   • a better Map
3. Python dict practice: Exercise 2

Explore after class:

4. More practice working with dictionaries
   • try writing a function to find the key in the dictionary corresponding to the highest value
5. Runestone:
   • dictionaries
   • nested dictionaries
   • working with JSON
   • building a program

What’s next

Upcoming events/assessments:

• Assignment 7 (your last one!) is now available
• Quiz 4 will be next Friday

What you should do now:

• The readings (see below)
• Submit Assignment 6 by 10pm today if you’re using a token
• Keep working on your project, incrementally refactoring it

Reading assignment (to be completed by the next class):

• Zelle section 9.5 (pp. 285–289)
• Assignment 7 (due next Thursday at 10pm)