> ext = os.path.splitext(fn)[1][1:]
I find this line a bit ... wider than I prefer.
With these functions that return two things, I will often do...
root, ext = os.path.splitext(fn)
ext = ext[1:]
Two lines instead of one, true, but especially when working with
students it illustrates one
> Actual world where program can be run: http://reeborg.ca/world.html
It looks very interesting.
One thing -- not sure how important this is with most people using larger
screens these days --
I went there in a recent chrome on a laptop with a fairly small screen and
there are some rendering is
pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
write computer programs to control simulated robots.
http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/
The focus of this release is updating to use the
latest available pybox2d version: 2.3b0
pybotwar uses pybox2d for the physical simulation.
It can be run in
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release ma
> do you plan to make step/debug functionality
> as it is made in RurPLE?
I am not a huge fan of step debugging. I usually
resort to print and logging.
> I generally like RurPLE-NG
[...]
> but moving around just rows and columns is a bit boring --
> Would it be hard to somehow merge code tra
> In the meantime, it's always a useful thread in edu-sig to brainstorm
> the kinds of links we might want. What's new etc.?
One thing I think should be added is a link to Portable Python.
That is an awesome tool available for both Python 2 and 3.
Getting things "installed" at a school can be im
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release ad
> Lee, if you are looking for a classroom teacher to try out pynguin in
> the classroom, sign me up! I'll have it installed in my lab on
> Thursday, when I return, in any case. It rocks!
Thanks! Glad to hear it!
> Now a question: how difficult would it be to get pynguin to output svg
> imag
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release p
> Can anyone point me to some links that support using Python as an introduction
> to computing at an advanced high school level
>
> Can anyone point me to some reference material on tools used to teach python?
I made a pygame framework a few years ago with a similar goal:
http://www.nongnu.org/p
pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
write computer programs to control simulated robots.
http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/
The focus of this release is making all functionality
available from the PyQt interface and making PyQt
the default interface.
pybotwar uses pybox2d for the
vBot is a visual programming game.
Use a small set of command tiles to build a program.
The program must control the vBot and make it activate
every target using the limited command set.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning p
vBot is a visual programming game. Use a small set of
command tiles to build a program. The program must
control the vBot and make it activate every target
using the limited command set.
https://bitbucket.org/leeharr/vbot/
For more information, see the README file:
https://bitbucket.org/leeharr
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release f
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release c
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release c
> It would be a huge help in promoting
> Python's use in education if we could make use of such a potentially
> fine module as the turtle module, but I'm finding it very difficult to
> write curriculum materials that use it since students don't have
> control over the turtle's screen in any easy t
Hi;
I know some of you like exploring geometry with Python.
The latest Blender 2.57 includes a python add-on for generating
a huge list of different types of geometric solids.
To try it out, you need to enable the add-on.
- start Blender
- click on File -> User Preferences...
- click on Add O
> http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2008/12/coffee-shops-network.html (top
> one by me, bottom by Russell Towle)
You might like this talk from PyCon :
PyCon 2011: Algorithmic Generation of OpenGL Geometry
http://pycon.blip.tv/file/4882916/
> Actually, it hadn't really occurred to
Is there an advantage to using SketchUp over Blender?
I tried getting in to SketchUp a few times but I never got
to the point where I could do anything very interesting.
Also, it is not really free. SketchUp Pro cost about $500.
Blender, on the other hand is totally free, and has
Python built r
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release h
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release c
>> http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
>
> Lee, are you familiar with the Turtle Art activity in Sugar for the
> OLPC XO, also written in Python?
I had not seen it before.
I've used one of these "block" interfaces before with Lego Mindstorms
and found it confusing.
The TA one looks better though, si
>> Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
>> It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
>> graphics display area.
>>
>
> I like the idea of using turtles to plot graphs. Replacing graphing
> calculators with Python is easier when there are simple plot functions
> a
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release c
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release c
Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This release c
pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application.
It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and
graphics display area.
It is meant to be an easy environment for introducing
some programming concepts to beginning programmers.
http://pynguin.googlecode.com/
This is the in
pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
write computer programs to control simulated robots.
http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/
pybotwar uses pybox2d for the physical simulation.
It can be run in text-only mode -- useful for longer
tournaments -- or use pyqt or pygame for a graphical
pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
create computer programs to control simulated robots
to compete in a battle arena.
http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/
pybotwar uses pybox2d for the physical simulation,
and uses either pygame and pygsear or PyQt4 for the
visualization.
pybotwar
pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
create computer programs to control simulated robots
to compete in a battle arena.
http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/
pybotwar uses pybox2d for the physical simulation,
and uses pygame and pygsear for the visualization.
pybotwar is released und
pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
create computer programs to control simulated robots
to compete in a battle arena.
http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/
pybotwar uses pybox2d for the physical simulation,
and uses pygame and pygsear for the visualization.
pybotwar is released und
pybotwar is a fun and educational game where players
create computer programs to control simulated robots
to compete in a battle arena.
http://pybotwar.googlecode.com/
pybotwar uses pybox2d for the physical simulation,
and uses pygame and pygsear for the visualization.
pybotwar is released und
>What I'd like to provide is high bandwidth, over-the-wire learning
>experiences, preferably on big plasma, with sensurround sound, that fully
>leverage our capacity for imagination.
Maybe I am a purist, but how does high bandwidth multimedia bring
on the imagination? Seems to me that the kid who
Wups. Sorry to those also reading [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I always mix up these 2 lists.
>My son is learning something about using a spreadsheet - extremely
>useful and I support it 100%. That he thinks what he is learning is
>Excel is absolutely unforgivable, in terms of my understanding of
>ethical
>I have just started writing a course manual to introduce students to
>programming. There are going to be lots of code examples, and I was
>wondering: is there a way to insert the code into the document from
>external files, so I can test all the files and make sure the code
>works, even if I edit
>"method_get" is a package level funtion which does compares the __sigs list
>to the args for all factory functions and gives back the information
>necessary to call the correct class with the correct arguments in the
>correct order.
Reminds me of this article about "multiple dispatch" :
http://w
>The fact that CS students might resist Python on the basis of an impression
>that it is a "toy scripting language" surprises me not in the least.
>
>Of course that is a mis-impression.
>
>But one that has only been exasperated by an initiatives like CP4E.
>
>Perhaps Python would be better thought
>1) Lack of technical support from the 'vendor'. Since most open source
>software
>is provided 'free' and is not maintained by a central vendor, technical
>support
>is limited if not non existent.
I don't know about you, but I think I'd rather have all my teeth pulled
than have to go through fro
Via Lee's cite I come to learn ( I really already knew) that my friends at
Apple are quite confident they have the issues licked.
http://www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
Reading through there reminds me of an interview with some
young people that I saw a few weeks ago... 60 minutes or
20/20 ma
Looks like they're talking along these lines on slashdot today:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/04/16/1752253.shtml
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Where is the balance we must strike between
experiment, see new things, and play!
and
practice to assimilate new patterns, forms, and structures
and
identifying and meeting goals for learning
It is interesting.
We need to be more intentional with learning.
I see so many students
We are developing a CBT based "Free Software" for our
social activities. We are using PyGTK alongwith Glade.
We want to print a document through Printer and also
we want to provide "Sound" support in our software.
Has somebody worked on PyGTK or Python? We are not
getting the PyGTK API's for sound
This is very much about empowerment (to use a buzz word). The computer,
especially connected to the internet, is the paradigm power tool of our
age.
The sin would be to bring up a generation of passive consumers who complain
and whine because "it won't do what I want."
I guess there will be peop
I cannot accept parsing a file in a programming language to be a basic
skill, and think considering it so deprecates the notion of "basic skills".
How about instead of teaching parsing, at that (5th grade) level
we might give them a state_capitols object to play with:
import state_capitols
state_c
I want to ask something not concerning python.
Here, you give yourself an excellent hint that this is the
wrong place to ask this question.
actualy i want to know how can i connect to my novel server thru dosemu.
Here, I am wondering if you mean Novell. Searching is
facilitated by correct spelling
Do you have significantly faster solutions?
How about pygame, This takes about 2 seconds on my system,
That said, I remember implementing this exact algorithm on my
Apple II and letting it run for probably an hour to do a 300x200
pixel screen.
I thought it was awesome :o)
As far as I know there are a *lot* of graphics-Toolkits for Python out
there. Which of them could be used for this task? What are your
experiences? Do you have significantly faster solutions?
How about pygame, This takes about 2 seconds on my system,
while the tkinter version takes over a minute.
One aspect of today's video games that I think may be somewhat negative, is
they just blow us away with their breakthrough sophistication. Some kid
sitting in front of a Pygame console, manual open, just doesn't feel this
is
the cockpit of the same airplane, or even the same species of vehicle.
S
Does anybody have any recommendations for an editor for children? In the
days I was speaking, I used an editor called 'brief' but I don't think they
are in business any more.
What attributes are needed in a "for children" editor?
(or is a list of attributes what you are looking for?)
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