Sounds okay. I was hoping for something with a more sexy result, but if there are no other suggestions, I'll take it. Thanks.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Imri Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: > My favorite first exercise for any language is "fnord". For Python it's > especially fun, because it's very easy to write. > The idea is simple: > construct sentences according to templates. > First version: > 1. Given a list of verbs, nouns, adverbs and adjectives, construct > sentences of the form "The adjective noun adverb verb the adjective > adjective noun". (print them). > 2. Read the lists of words from files > 3. Also read a list of templates from a file. > > I consider this a very good first exercise for any language because: > 1. The algorithm is pretty simple, so you mostly practice the language > itself. > 2. For programming beginners, the algorithm is still very much teaching > them. > 3. It covers a lot of the basic subjects: simple IO, file IO, string > processing, dictionaries, lists, "executable programs", etc.. > 4. It can be extended to teach basic testing using unittest and > coverage.py. > 5. It can be extended to teach networking. > > Cheers, > Imri > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:22 PM, cool-RR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Come on, that's just geek crap. >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Meir Kriheli <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 02/28/2010 09:20 PM, cool-RR wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am guiding my friend in learning Python. He's a past programmer in >>>> other languages, so I gave him Dive into Python. But he tells me he has >>>> a problem: He needs more actual exercise for his Python skills. I gave >>>> him the Project Euler exercises, which are pretty fun, but they're all >>>> about algorithms and he feels he already has that part under control. >>>> >>>> So I'm looking for a little educational project to give him to program. >>>> Not something of any practical use, it should just be something fun and >>>> cool that will let him use many different idioms of Python. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have a suggestion? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Ram Rachum >>>> >>>> >>> Try this: >>> http://www.pythonchallenge.com/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> -- >>> Meir >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sincerely, >> Ram Rachum >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-il mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il >> >> > > > -- > Imri Goldberg > -------------------------------------- > http://plnnr.com/ - automatic trip planning > http://www.algorithm.co.il/blogs/ > -------------------------------------- > -- insert signature here ---- > -- Sincerely, Ram Rachum
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