initial proposed changes to Ep2 - Basics

[theabro]

These are some initial suggestions for content for Episode 2 - Basics, primarily using the EPCC course as inspiration but simplifying things somewhat.

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⏱️ Updated at 2024-12-02 16:21:54 +0000

[warrickball]

I personally think it would be useful to either expand this example to show the (compile-time) failure if you try to modify pi or leave this is an exercise so users can cause the error themselves.

[theabro]

Good point - I'll work on this.

[theabro]

I've now added the example error when trying to alter a parameter