GS Collections Kata

What is a Code Kata?

A kata is an exercise in martial arts. A code kata is an exercise in programming which helps hone your skills through practice and repetition. You can find out more about code Katas in general here.

What is the GS Collections Code Kata?

The GS Collections Kata is a fun way to help you learn idiomatic GS Collections usage. This particular kata is set up as a series of unit tests which fail. Your task is to make them pass, using GS Collections. The Kata is meant to take approximately one eight-hour day.

New concepts are introduced in the [slides](http://www.goldmansachs.com/gs-collections/documents/GS Collections Training Session and Kata 5.0.0.pdf), with coding exercises at the end of each section. As you complete each exercise, you can check your answers against the solutions branch.

Make sure you read the instructor notes in the slides. In addition, you can refer to the [GS Collections Reference Guide](http://www.goldmansachs.com/gs-collections/documents/GS Collections Reference Guide 5.0.0.pdf) for further detail and examples of the API.