Intermediate Python
Assignment 2
Due Date: November 24th by 11:30PM
The objective of every assignment is to make sure you practice what we learned throughout the
modules to cement your learning. Every assignment is based on a real-life scenario to prepare
you for a job in the industry. Assignment 1 covers topics that we will cover in module 3 and
module 4.
A Computer Scientist would like to utilize an OOP program that creates characters for a game.
When the program starts it should prompt the user to enter the character name. After the
character name is input, the program should create (initialize) a character object that features the
name and attack strength. You do not need to program any operations for this object, we simply
need to program the attributes (which are name of the character, and attack strength).
While the user provides the name of the character, the attack strength will be set based on the
number of Python repositories that are cu
ently available (just for fun!). To get the number of
Python repositories that are cu
ently available you must make an API call to the GitHub API
which we learned about in Module 4 and set the total count to be the attack strength of the newly
created character.
Next you must output to the Python console, the attack strength and the name of the character so
that the user can see them!
Lastly, you must implement a unit test to check if the API call is working co
ectly. You can pick
any type of test you like and test anything you like.
Deliverables:
• Commented Python code file (.py)
• Commented Python code test file (separate .py)
• Screenshot of git commit logs (remember you must utilize git throughout the
development process periodically, I recommend committing every 30 minutes).
• All the above-mentioned files must be zipped into one zip file named
studentNumber_studentName_Assignment2 and submitted via D2L.
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