I’ve been having so much fun that I sorta forgot that next week is spring break. 😀

So, here’s some important news regarding assignments 3 and 4:

1. Assignment 4 is now due the Sunday after spring break, not before. Organize your time however you wish. (Obviously I will still accept the assignment if it’s turned in by the original date!)
2. I’m actually not going to grade Assignment 3 separately at all. Wait, hear me out. To grade your console interface, I’m going to query your database, order tickets, etc., only after it’s populated with the galactic stuff. That way, I know what the contents should be, how many tickets should be left on each flight, etc.

A few implications for point #2, above:

• If you didn’t submit assignment 3, it’s your lucky day: you get a reprieve. I’m not even going to check who turned it in and who didn’t. (However, you’ll have significantly extra work to do for assignment 4, because you’re going to have to write the Python console interface for assignment 3 in addition to doing the bulk import for assignment 4. Happy spring break.)
• If you did get assignment 3 submitted, but for some reason fail to submit assignment 4, yes I’ll go back and grade your assignment 3 and give you points for it. Fair is fair.
• If you don’t ever get assignment 3 submitted, but do submit assignment 4, yes I’ll figure out a way to grade your assignment 4 and give you points for it. Fair is fair.
• For most of you — who did submit assignment 3 and who will submit assignment 4 by March 9 — you will receive one lump sum of up to +80XP when I grade assignment 4 sometime during the second week of March.