Re: [Edu-sig] learning python the "best" way... (end of year overview)

2016-12-14 Thread memilanuk
On 12/14/2016 10:53 AM, kirby urner wrote: > > At the PDX Code Guild, which has a Monday > night Flying Circus event, which I've been > frequenting -- though not in the last five weeks > as my teaching gig was Mon / Weds -- I hear > quite a few geeks say they've been studying > Learning Python

[Edu-sig] learning python the "best" way... (end of year overview)

2016-12-14 Thread kirby urner
At the PDX Code Guild, which has a Monday night Flying Circus event, which I've been frequenting -- though not in the last five weeks as my teaching gig was Mon / Weds -- I hear quite a few geeks say they've been studying Learning Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw. I finally took a look at the

[Edu-sig] Python Physics Sandbox released

2016-12-14 Thread Jay Shaffstall
I'm very pleased to announce the general release of a Python physics sandbox targeting students in intro programming courses. We teach Python as a first language here and a physics simulation has long been one of the students' favorite labs. But the simulation we were using, while easy to use,