On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 23:16 +0200, Tal Einat wrote: > > snip...
> > > > > > I recently gave a Python crash-course in my company, and ran > into the same > > problem. There are many good Python tutorials, manuals, > references etc., most > > are accompannied by various code examples, but there are > very few exercises. I > > had a hard time collecting and inventing a few good > exercises, about 12 in all. > > > > There are probably some good exercises out there, but they > seem to be relatviely > > hard to find. Maybe they should be collected and organized > at Python.org? > > That sounds like an exelent idea. Maybe the way to structure > it is my > book/chapter. > > You probably meant "by book/chapter". > > Well, that would be fine, but it's up to whoever wrote "dive into > Python" to update it. > I was actually suggesting a central repository for Python exercises, > all in the public domain, so that they could be used by anyone > learning or teaching Python (or programming in general). I don't think this is necessarily the case. I am fairly sure the problem is not the people writing books do not have a way of publishing the excesses, its just they have hot the time or inclination to do so. what I was suggesting was a wiki type site where exercises could be worked on collaboratively. The authors should not have a problem with this as it would add value to there work and make it more desirable. Ben > > > > > I think building a large collection of good Python exercises > could help both > > those teaching Python and those learning it. Also, gathering > a set of Python > > exercises for those learning general programming concepts > (variables, functions, > > object-oriented, etc.) could help spread the use of Python > for teaching > > programming. snip... > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list