Andre. I like Lightening a lot! This is almost exactly what I have been wanting for beginners, and I may give it a try this spring.
If IDLE behaved this well and was this easy to use things would be much better. The reliance on an unincluded "battery" is a real drawback for many environments, of course, but it may be worth the trouble. Regards, Vern Andre Roberge wrote: > On 3/6/06, Vern Ceder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I agree, actually. I would say it's just one of IDLE's shortcomings, but >>I've noticed it as well. This lack of ability to run a script with >>parameters makes IDLE much less useful for intermediate programmers as >>well. Add to that IDLE's general quirkiness (esp. on Windows), a few >>stray bugs, and it is definitely not helping the cause. > > > Sorry if my reply is starting to stray from the original topic. > Not too long ago I wrote a little app (named "Lightning Compiler") that > is meant to provide a nice, albeit limited, environment to play with scripts. > It comes with a very simple editor and an interpreter window. It does > have the ability (implemented just for fun, never tested seriously) to > run scripts > with parameters. I released it publicly (and provided a recipe for the online > Python Cookbook) as it had a feature (handling of input and raw_input) that > took me a while to figure out, and wanted to save others the trouble. I got > more feedback on Lightning Compiler in a couple of weeks than I did on > rur-ple in about a year an a half!! > It might be useful for teachers in a classroom situation. It is available > from rur-ple's sourceforge page: > https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=125834 > > On the down side, it does require wxPython which is not an "included battery"! > > André > >>Vern >> -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
