Re: [Edu-sig] another "must have" generator

2009-01-27 Thread kirby urner
Yep, no doubt about it, we have some worthy generators, have only scratched the surface with Ramanujan's so far (fun to have extended precision decimal type for more context, cross-checking pi to a couple hundred digits maybe -- we've got that here too). You can't create vacancies for positions yo

[Edu-sig] "engineer" image (updating)

2009-01-27 Thread kirby urner
The more I look at it, the more I'm thinking peoples' stereotype of "engineers" is what's keeping 'em from wanting to tackle any of this "programming" stuff. They think of "an engineer" as someone "cold" who lives in a florescently lit windowless basement, a stereotype, but still pretty vivid (I'v

[Edu-sig] PyBat ???

2009-01-27 Thread David MacQuigg
The CS Dept is considering putting a bunch of courses online, using PHP as both the development language, and as a new language to teach students. I've suggested using Python instead. I need to put together a quick demo. I'm thinking of something like javabat.com. I've used Mod_python (the A

Re: [Edu-sig] PyBat ???

2009-01-27 Thread kirby urner
Does it have to be either/or? I'm somewhat weak in the PHP department but only by choice, know I could learn it pronto from Safari, as the concepts are pretty much the same. You need: a place to stuff data (SQL), and ORM layer (to assemble objects), a template language (to make it all pretty), p

Re: [Edu-sig] PyBat ???

2009-01-27 Thread Andre Roberge
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:57 PM, David MacQuigg wrote: > The CS Dept is considering putting a bunch of courses online, using PHP as > both the development language, and as a new language to teach students. I've > suggested using Python instead. I need to put together a quick demo. I'm > thin