Re: [Edu-sig] Python and 3D

2017-05-29 Thread kirby urner
Glad to discover from the docs that the latest VPython may also be installed through conda, recommended if not already using the "Classic" Vpython. conda install -c vpython vpython Graphics are served through a web server on localhost:9000 Screen shot: https://flic.kr/p/V6kPnV (directions imp

Re: [Edu-sig] Python and 3D

2017-05-29 Thread A Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig
Easy way to get vpython working is to install vidle on Linux. Also. Easy way to get turtle.py working is to install idle! HTH, AJG ⁣Sent from BlueMail ​ On May 29, 2017, 7:25 PM, at 7:25 PM, Kevin Cole wrote: >> Good to hear from you Kevin. Did we get to talk at Pycon? > >Not at this last one

Re: [Edu-sig] Python and 3D

2017-05-29 Thread Kevin Cole
> Good to hear from you Kevin. Did we get to talk at Pycon? Not at this last one. I passed by your poster, but at the time, there was too much of a crowd around it to get to it, and I didn't make it back at a quieter moment. > Today I'm helping an old college roommate, now a tenured physics prof

[Edu-sig] Python and 3D

2017-05-29 Thread kirby urner
> > One of the themes / questions was "how do we sustain / build on the > energy we DO have?" and I figure one way is to simply stay in touch > and inform each other of possible opportunities -- software, events, > collaboration, internships for students, etc. Novel, right? ;-) Just > call me Capt

[Edu-sig] So. PyCon inspired me to once again join this list.

2017-05-29 Thread Kevin Cole
I'm not an educator by formal training, but I like to think I'm fairly good at tutoring / mentoring, and I haven't had any complaints. ;-) I remember better Education Summits... This one was okay, but it seems to me there was a lot more energy in Chicago several years back... One of the themes /