If you want to show off the REPL, I'd got for iPython and show them some simple matplotlib examples (plotting sin waves, maybe dig up a CSV file on the net with some data your friend is familiar with, etc)
Skip On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Scenario: You're introducing someone to Python for the first time. > S/he may have some previous programming experience, or may be new to > the whole idea of giving a computer instructions. You have a couple of > minutes to show off how awesome Python is. What do you do? > > I was thinking along the lines of a simple demo in the REPL, showing > off some of Python's coolest features. But then I got stuck on the > specifics. What are Python's best coolnesses? What makes for a good > demo? > > Ideally, this should be something that can be demo'd quickly and > easily, and it should be impressive without going into great details > of "and see, this is how it works on the inside". So, how would you > brag about this language? > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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