This project was one funded by the Python Software Foundation: "Software Engineering with Python for Scientist and Engineers." http://www.swc.scipy.org http://www.python.org/psf/grants/report-2006-10/
Seems like an interesting source of material for teaching people using Python and Jython in a larger science and engineering context. Seems to cover (Briefly) a lot of ground, including things like version control which aren't strictly just Python but are important anyway in Python programming in practice. Plus it is free and open source and so possible to change. >From that page: """ Overview Many scientists and engineers spend much of their lives programming, but only a handful have ever been taught how to do this well. As a result, they spend their time wrestling with software, instead of doing research, but have no idea how reliable or efficient their programs are. This course is an intensive introduction to basic software development practices for scientists and engineers that can reduce the time they spend programming by 20-25%. All of the material is open source: it may be used freely by anyone for educational or commercial purposes, and research groups in academia and industry are actively encouraged to adapt it to their needs. """ Does anyone here have any comment on it or used it in teaching or self-education? I looked in the edusig archives and did not find a mention of it here before, which I found surprising. Maybe I just missed it? --Paul Fernhout _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
