Editing Communication and Social Networks (Fall 2023) (section)

== Getting Help ==

Your first place to look for help should be each other. By asking and answering questions on Discord, you will not only help to build a repository of shared information, but to reinforce our learning community.

I will also hold office hours on Tuesdays, from 2-4. If you come with a programming question, I will expect that you have already tried to solve it yourself in multiple ways and that you have discussed it with a classmate. This policy lets me have time to help more students, but it's also a useful strategy. Often [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging just trying to explain your code] can help you to recognize where you've gone wrong.

I will also check Discord at least once a day. I encourage you to post questions there, and to use it as a space where we can help and instruct each other. In general, you should contact me there. I am also available by email. You can reach me at [mailto:jdfoote@purdue.edu jdfoote@purdue.edu]. I try hard to maintain a boundary between work and home and I typically respond only on weekdays during business hours.

=== Online Resources ===

Programming can be difficult and frustrating and confusing, but you will get it! I have put together a few resources to help you with the programming portion of the course. Come back to these when you get stuck.

* Finding and fixing bugs in your code [[https://youtu.be/92Gicjnc_tk Video]] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/TDIS/week_8/debugging.Rmd R Markdown file]] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/TDIS/week_8/debugging.html HTML file]]
* Intro to ggraph and tidygraph [[https://youtu.be/geYZ83Aidq4 Video]] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/resources/ggraph_walkthrough.Rmd R Markdown file]] [[https://jeremydfoote.com/Communication-and-Social-Networks/resources/ggraph_walkthrough.html HTML file]]