http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Atoms%20in%20Python.ipynb
(Atom class ideas)
http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Pi%20Day%20Fun.ipynb
(tau stuff)
http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Polyhedrons%20101.
rator)
* generators, decorators, context managers, descriptors
But always with spiraling i.e. we keep going back to the beginning and
iterating through a bunch of stuff.
Kirby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Tue Jul 26, 2016
Course: PYT-PR (Saisoft.net)
Session 07
Kirby Urn
apologies for formatting, striving for better readability this time...
not repeating the source code, just the other part.
Reformatted:
---
From: kirby urner
Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: teaching Python 3.5 in 2016: snapshot
To: "edu-sig@python.org"
I'm at in the current 5-week course I'm teaching
>>> annotations
What I call "grand unification" is up ahead where we show how a context
manager
mayb be built with generator as a decorator.
Haven't gotten there yet with this class. That's almost black belt, l
I'm prepping for class tomorrow, as a Python instructor for employed
adults eligible for California State funded professional development
electives, not for college credit but career-relevant nonetheless.
My approach is to use collections.namedtuple to show the tuple (a
sequence type, like a list)
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:22 PM, kirby urner wrote:
>
> I've you mean what's posted here, I'm not reading much into it.
>
Sorry, "If you mean..." ... my English decays as the day wears on, plus
I'm pre-occupied... excuses excuses.
Kirby
I've you mean what's posted here, I'm not reading much into it.
The Microbit hardware is not accessible in the US right now so I'm staying
out of it.
Anyway my own forte isn't low-level hardware "make the lights blink" coding
in the first place, beyond some dinking around in assembler.
You have
f = open("elements.json", "r")
the_dict = json.load(f)
f.close()
all_elements = {}
for symbol, data in the_dict.items():
all_elements[symbol] = Element(*data) # "explode" data into 4 inputs
Here's my outline from last night:
# -*- co
>
>
>
> Did anyone else see The Martian with Tom Hanks? That was hex code that
> saved his life. A coded message from NASA perhaps? :-D
>
>
Sorry, not Tom Hanks in that one. Matt Damon. My bad.
Mentioned in last paragraph in this blog post too:
http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2016/07/base-10-
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:14 AM, kirby urner wrote:
>
>
> What's standing out for me is how often Jessica
> uses the phrase "just like in math class" or "as
> you'd expect from math class".
>
> Exactly, reminding viewers of "math class&qu
I'm on Safari On-Line sampling:
Introduction to Python by Jessica McKellar
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2014
a multi-hour video series.
I enjoy and value getting ideas from other Python
instructors. I'm scheduled to start a new round
myself this very evening.
What's standing out for me is how often J
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:01 AM, Jason Blum wrote:
> Interesting article about the whole Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator
> scam:
>
> https://mic.com/articles/125829/your-old-texas-instruments-graphing-calculator-still-costs-a-fortune-heres-why
>
>
Excellent article, thanks.
Whereas I have
Greeting AJG --
The background image in your blog shows what look to
be emulated TI calculators on every student's screen,
and I was wondering if the nSpire CAS TIs you mentioned
using were actually emulated, yet licensed on a per seat
basis which is why they needed to be donated.
Apologies for m
Absolutely, I think of you as one of the five or six active Pythonic Math
teachers, plus or minus a few.
The rest are CS teachers, which I salute, but it's not a STEM discipline
except maybe hiding behind
the E and the Es are known to be shy, non-combative, pocket-protector nerd
types who don't sta
Thanks Nicholas that's entirely consistent with what you said at Pycon,
I'll be patient. :-D
In the meantime I purchased the newest Pi today (free shipping from
Amazon), my main motivation being to work through examples in Peter
Farrell's book, Hacking Math Class (is that title too scary for non-g
Quiet around here, because the action is all on Twitter I think.
Anyway, more blogged followup.
I still can't find a Micro:Bit for sale in this neck of the woods, like at
Fry's (our electronics superstore) or SurplusGizmos.
http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2016/06/more-edusummit-business.html
What
<< SNIP >>
It's going to be slow going, but with resources like Amit's book, my book,
> and Kirby's future book, math teachers will no longer feel alone in wanting
> to modernize their field.
>
> Peter Farrell
>
Thanks for reminding me of my future book.
I just emailed you some draft text sugges
I'll aim to put all "out of office" auto-responders on 'mod' meaning
they'll queue for approval (or not). -- Kirby
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Marianne McKenna <
mamcke...@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us> wrote:
> I am currently out of the office. If you need help, please contact
> building tech supp
Great article.
I introduced Peter Farrell around . I'm not an employee there
just someone kicking around in the code school space, coming up with
ideas. Peter, a math teacher by training and credential, shares my
enthusiasm for introducing a real REPL, along with saving / reusing
functions.
I h
My apologies to Amit and request for forgiveness in advance in taking quite
a few hours to approve this. Pycon is just ending and the other listowner
has much further to travel. I'll aim to get faster. Amit's posts won't
queue after this.
-- Kirby
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Amit Saha wr
Thanks to Guido's keynote at Portland Pycon 2016,
I finally absorbed that @ had joined the ranks of
overloadable operators.
In reading up on the history of complex numbers
and such, and group theory especially (also
referenced by Guido in his keynote), I've found
how mathematicians exulted to disc
I was glad to see both our Python.org listservs (mailman)
get ample press @ eduSummit / Portland Pycon.
We have both a sig and a wg.
I wrote a blog post during the event as is my habit at
these conferences. **
Great meeting some new-to-me people, e.g.
QuantumDoug (reminds me of PyDanny in terms
https://github.com/blockchain/api-v1-client-python/blob/master/README.md
https://blockchain.info/api
https://blockchain.info/
More context:
http://bit.ly/2297gsa (math teacher track)
Kirby
Comix:
https://xkcd.com/1553/
https://www.google.com/search?q=bitcoin+comics&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:20 PM, kirby urner wrote:
>
> As some of you know, I've been studying the emerging market
> for "code schools", not an entirely new phenomenon, but
> spiraling through a next iteration around now.
>
> Why am I interested?
>
> Bec
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 11:23 AM, kirby urner wrote:
<< SNIP >>
> Thinking in Python includes thinking about ordinary everyday things in
> Python. It doesn't mean fantasizing about the guts of a Von Neumann
> architecture computer unless you really need that to be y
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:20 PM, kirby urner wrote:
<< SNIP >>
> Here's one of my recent BI-like findings, using my own neural
> net (the one between my ears): code schools are in need of
> on-the-shelf prototypes that students might hack on, both alone
>
As some of you know, I've been studying the emerging market
for "code schools", not an entirely new phenomenon, but
spiraling through a next iteration around now.
Why am I interested?
Because per my LinkedIn profile, I've been working in this arena
for a long time, back to the 1980s when I was a
ource the (anti)patterns for auto-checking! :)
>
> http://docs.quantifiedcode.com/python-anti-patterns/
>
> The tool
> http://docs.quantifiedcode.com/patterns/language/index.html
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:14 PM, kirby urner
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> ps.
2016-04-21 19:06 GMT-07:00 Sergio Rojas :
>
> El mismo lo hemos hecho disponible en :
>
> https://github.com/rojassergio/Aprendiendo-a-programar-en-Python-con-mi-computad
> or
>
> Saludos,
>
> Sergio
>
Thanks Sergio!
I'm seeing a solid intro to the scipy stack, with a heads first dive into
sym
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:00 PM, Iwan Vosloo wrote:
> Hi Kirby,
>
> You may be interested in Dijkstra's take on teaching via metaphor:
> https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html
> I am not sure exactly how it applies to your case.
>
>
I'm going through this. Interest
I'm working to forge that connection more explicitly myself. The idea of
> "frames" (as in time frames, frames of file, intervals of action) figures
> in.
>
> Kirby
>
"frames of film" I meant to say (not "file").
The browser window frame = puppet theater is part of it. JavaScript pulls
the stri
hat connection more explicitly myself. The idea of
"frames" (as in time frames, frames of file, intervals of action) figures
in.
Kirby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Wed Apr 20 16:44:44 2016
@author: Kirby Urner
Carnival Guy (aka "geek", luvs chicken)
Sounds like we agree Carl. The "blueprint" metaphor is not that great. It
keeps us from thinking more fluently about OO after awhile. A straitjacket.
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:53 PM, kirby urner wrote:
<< SNIP >>
> I like to say the class is a "mother ship" and serves as a kind of "home
> base" or "platform". How about an "amusement park"?
>
>
Another one to limber up on:
g we internalize our type inheritance and "is a" might not apply
in quite the same way in this particular knowledge domain. Keep an open
mind.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Wed Apr 20 14:56:55 2016
@author: Kirby Urner
10 Cloverfield Lane,
Nowhere, Nebraska
I want to suggest that the much-used metaphor (by me included):
"class is a blueprint, with instances the buildings made from it"
(houses usually) is a good start, but not nuanced enough to take us all the
way to the end of our story.
These days I've taken a two pronged approach: yes, OO is mea
>
> ps.: I imagine I could make sth via AST analysis...
> --
>
Or maybe some regex that looks for
"for bar in range(len(foo)): ...foo[bar]" # (in the for's scope)
'cept I don't know regexes well enough to write that. :-D
It could just say
"slap with wet fish ("for block" starting line 10)"
i
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 10:40 AM, kirby urner wrote:
>
> The increm function was originally looking in the global namespace for x...
>
That's not quite right either as this is simply wrong as a complete module:
x = 0
def createIncrementor(x):
def increm():
Those of you tracking the Cuba working group will have seen that Brython is
to be a topic [0].
That's "Python is the browser", which I'm eager to try (haven't yet).
Brython is a segue to JavaScript, which I'm relearning from scratch ('The
Good Parts' etc.).
Over on mathfuture I'm continuing to d
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Tue Apr 12 14:38:28 2016
@author: Kirby Urner, 4Dsolutions.net
Tips and Tricks:
Note use of **self.__dict__ in the __repr__, and print(*sorted(L)).
Also, remember sep= and end= are overridable keyword args to print().
Related: data-on
I think what older folks like me need to remember is that people coming
from cell phones and tablets may have a very sketchy concept of a "file
system". I go back to DOS and Windows, where the File Manager was a
centerpiece.
If you've drilled down through folders on a laptop, then maybe you've se
be a
different language performing the same task. I use collections.namedtuple,
one of my favorites, and exercise the DB API to a minimum, leaving plenty
of room for others to expand.
Kirby
===
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Sun Apr 3 14:09:02 2016
@author: Kirby Urner (c) MI
I wonder if anyone else out there in subscriber-world has Python
Programming for Biology, by Stevens and Boucher.
I'm enjoying it and learning a lot. PDB files...
On page 75 this is given as the wrong way to pass a function for which you
wish to set up some default parameters:
def jobFunc(arg1,
Alas I lost my osgarden.appspot.com to the new Google App Engine too.
Just a simple I-Ching machine based on Unicode in the source... far less
sophisticated than Pykata.
I'm one who thinks fierce concentration on projects feeds the Zeitgeist in
ways we cannot measure accurately.
Pygeo made a big
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:10 AM, kirby urner wrote:
> Has anybody done this? Is there a template available for doing this, or is
>> it a custom job?
>>
>
> At O'Reilly our approach was to spin up a workstation in the could,
>
... in the cloud, not the could (d
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Peter Farrell
wrote:
> Hello to the Group!
>
> I'm redesigning my math-using-Python-programming course and need your
> input.
>
> I'd like to have the participants enter their code on a site like they do
> at CodingBat or CodeWars: the site tests the code and imm
Here's the somewhat nostalgically named "Remembering Python":
https://youtu.be/6xQxhD29Rdc (a short Youtube for Python teachers)
Twas from a last session (ten of ten) looking back on what we'd covered.
I'm not excerpting this recording verbatim from the class.
Rather, I'm going over some of wh
My newest Youtube on Jupyter Notebooks, Pi Day theme:
https://youtu.be/x61uUu_amDk
I just got Camtasia for Mac and this was my first project using it.
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 6:18 PM, kirby urner wrote:
> Here's some code I used with students last Monday, in Session 8 of 10.
>
> They've covered all the Python keywords as of Session 7 but we still need
> to keep going over all we've learned, seeing how the concepts me
One of my mainstays, when it comes to teaching Python, is the Composable
class.
I worked on this Python type with Steve Holden back in the day, when he was
writing his four part Python curriculum for O'Reilly School of Technology.
His version of Composable shows up in Chapter One of the fourth co
results in a
different exception still in need of handling even after the scope of the
with block.
Kirby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Thu Feb 11 04:58:14 2016
@author: Kirby Urner
Copyleft MIT License
>From the docs:
sys.exc_info()
This function returns a tup
http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Pi%20Day%20Fun.ipynb
The above URL renders a Github-saved public I-Python Notebook using
nbviewer, a utility for rendering any Jupyter notebook with a public URL.
My example Python code is generator-centric as successive approxima
*COOL TOOL*:
Another tool I've been meaning to mention, apropos of recent threads:
http://www.freecodecamp.com/
I signed up for it wearing my PDX Code Guild hat [1], interested in "the
competition" but then I'd say FreeCodeCamp is operating in a different
ballpark, too distant from ours to be co
Last month I offered some admittedly simplistic heuristics
regarding how a boot camp / code school might use the
colored belt system of martial arts to signal progress to a
goal.
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/2016-February/011368.html
Applied to Python, the formula was simply one of "
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Peter Farrell
wrote:
> Hi, Kirby,
>
> Thanks for the info about Cloud 9. My Python projects don't run, and all I
> get is the message on the new page:
>
>> "It worked!
>> Congratulations on your first Django-powered page.
>> Of course, you haven't actually done an
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 8:16 AM, kirby urner wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:01 AM, kirby urner wrote:
>
> << SNIP >>
>
>
>> I also just signed up for a Cloud9 account. I look forward to comparing
>> it with PythonAnywhere.com
>>
>
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:01 AM, kirby urner wrote:
<< SNIP >>
> I also just signed up for a Cloud9 account. I look forward to comparing
> it with PythonAnywhere.com
>
> Kirby
>
>
Getting my test Flask application running on Cloud9 was easy, though I
think it
Wow, thanks Peter, for turning me on to Trinket!
http://blog.trinket.io/why-python/
I'm looking forward to using it a lot, maybe even as soon as tonight when I
teach my next class.
I also just signed up for a Cloud9 account. I look forward to comparing it
with PythonAnywhere.com
Kirby
On We
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Brady, Tim wrote:
> Hi People
>
> I hope you can help. I am interested in the many schools in the UK who are
> looking at or have already adopted a cloud hosted environment for
> delivering applications to their students.
>
> Python is being used in many schools/co
Greetings educators --
Naomi Ceder and I have taken over the listowner role as of today. I just
went through the backlog of deferred posts and approved a bunch.
Some will show up in last month's archive, such as Peter Farrell's re
Project Euler.
If you're not seeing a post you wanted to make, f
>
> What is your opinion?
> Is FBI attacking the privacy of iphone users?
>
>
I think a state government should not be banned from running businesses,
applying its own decals and ideals, and that Uncle Sam Smartphones or
whatever could be handed out, free of charge, to underprivileged, say
through
I don't think Juliano will mind my getting this posted given it was
addressed to edu-sig in the first place consider this yet another test.
Kirby
From: Juliano
Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] raging debates and the relevance of a real education
To: kirby
with one or two others and offer to serve in that role.
I haven't done that yet though. Still collecting data on the current
(broken) situation.
Kirby
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From: kirby urner
Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] raging debates and the
>>> "Compete in the free market, but through coercive court
orders.".replace("but", "not")
'Compete in the free market, not through coercive court orders.'
:-D
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Students lucky enough to get exposure to RSA (the algorithm) along their
math track are likely having more informed debates in their classrooms,
regarding the Apple vs. FBI standoff.
They're certainly better equipped, concept-wise, than less privileged kids
who might not even get any SQL in all fo
From: Ted Boulou
Date: Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:55 AM
Subject: How we are using a Python-powered wooden-made Pi-based device to
help micro-entrepreneurs in Senegal
To: python-annou...@python.org
Hello sir,madam,
I am Ted, CEO of a start-up based in Senegal that has built the Somtou.
The Somtou i
Do we have a listowner here? On the behest of this would-be poster I'm
sharing about his attempt to join our discussions.
Kirby
FYI.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Aivar Annamaa
Date: Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 7:51 AM
Subject: Writing to Python Edu-Sig mailing list
To: kirby.ur...@gm
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Al Sweigart
wrote:
> Reference issue aside, I think the container works as a mental model. The
> problem with the tag/label model is that if you think of the variable
> `spam` as being attached to the value 42 and `eggs` as being attached also
> to 42, it bring
I'm noticing that postings with edu-sig as one among several take longer to
show up in the archives.
I'm going to not reply-all in future and just use edu-sig for its mail
reflector powers. That should make the moderator's job a little easier.
Kirby
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at
ract. They are
anchored in ordinary language and everyday experience.
OK, I think that's enough reiteration to keep it clear. Objects do all the
work. Names are a means to that end, in providing the corresponding dot
notation syntax.
Kirby
>
> Andy
>
> Dr. Andrew N. Harrington
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:
> I think the point of this thread is: how important is this subject?
>
>
I don't know that there's a scale of 1-10 answer. If / when it comes up,
as a student question, it becomes important, but also instructors need to
explain how a given ob
taught for decades and apply to other languages that a student might know
>> or will encounter in the future. Just my 2c.
>>
>> Gary Litvin
>> www.skylit.com
>>
>> At 02:15 PM 2/15/2016, you wrote:
>>
>> The short answer is that I agree with you.Â
>
No need to say "sorry" as if an honest disagreement were a cause for
regret. I enjoy diversity. What would life be without different
perspectives? Plain vanilla.
I'm familiar with the mental model of which you speak and was for years
myself not a Python programmer, with miles of source code to
Perfect!
That's exactly the right rant! Thank you Naomi.
Python names are post-its, not buckets. You effectively counter the
"bucket brigade". Hah hah.
Here's me chatting with Steve Holden a few minutes ago, across many time
zones (dinner time there, just getting to be lunch time here).
===
What do educators think about this discussion of variables in Python?
http://www.python-course.eu/variables.php
I find the "variable versus identifier" discussion, with repeated
references to C / C++, to be somewhat on the confusing side.
My view is "variable as container" makes sense if you're
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Thu Feb 11 09:08:42 2016
@author: Kirby Urner
A Game of Life (c) MIT License, 2016
Die: 2 or more sides
Cup: 1 or more dice
Exceptions subclasses
Run a gauntlet of possible exceptions, with Game for scope
"""
from ra
to them all at once.
The special names are like Kanji (Chinese characters). Add a few, get to
know them, add a few more, and so on.
Kirby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Thu Feb 11 10:16:34 2016
@author: Kirby Urner
"""
from collections import namedtuple
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Thu Feb 11 12:07:59 2016
@author: Kirby Urner
In algebra, we have the idea that functions might compose. We
have this idea in POSIX too, i.e. the pipeline operator:
$ ls *.py | wc -l
The ls 'function' sends its output to wordcou
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Mark Engelberg
wrote:
< ... >
> So, I encourage you to rethink your belt system in terms of concepts, in
> terms of thinking and problem solving, in terms of fluency as it is defined
> in foreign languages. See
> http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/Thoughts/Gro
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Juliano wrote:
> Sorry Mr. Kirby, I really did not notice the tilde.
> Shame on me.
>
>
Shame on me then for being too obscure. :-D
BTW, I demonstrate overloading tilde ~ using __invert__ in px_class.py in
the Accelerated folder in here:
http://bit.ly/1TrSJFB
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Juliano wrote:
> Hello, everybody!
>
> Taking advantage of the semantic redundancy =)
>
> It is common for Python programmers try to adapt Python to patterns
> learned in other languages. This can prevent them from learning powerful
> features available in the Pyth
Nobody wants to admit to not having some command of a language, just people
need to use languages to different levels, human as well as computer
(language).
In saying "workaday" or "everyday" Python I suppose I'm circling the word
"mundane"?
We remember that Scheme (PLT version in particular) cam
On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 11:58 AM, John Zelle
wrote:
> Kirby,
>
> This is an interesting and subtle point. I understand the distinction
> that you are making, but syntactically and pragmatically, the call to a
> class constructor IS a function call in Python (unlike languages such as
> Java where
A common misconception in communicating Python is
that range() and even list() are "function calls". That's
correct for range() in 2.x:
>>> type(range)
but has never been correct terminology regarding list().
Example:
"""
>From Chapter 9 of Inventing in Python:
The range() and list() Functio
I've started to pick up some new Python students (adult age) through PDX
Code Guild ().
http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2016/01/bootcamp.html
I was there last night watching their lead instructor coax them into gamely
tackling the game of Zombie Dice, which has some pretty simple rules, not
unlike
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Nicholas H.Tollervey
wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Happy new year everyone!
>
> Apologies for cross-posting. Here's hoping it's worth it.
>
>
Totally worth it. Thank you. I'm learning a lot.
Here in the US, we have nothing quite like the BBC.
Thanks for the comic wit
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:02 PM, kirby urner wrote:
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> """
> Created on Sun Jan 6 14:17:00 2016
>
>
Jan 6 was not a Sunday -- my bad.
Continuing on the topic of concurrency, a switched to math
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Sun Jan 6 14:17:00 2016
@author: kurner
Demonstrates a driver-along-road pattern where the
Driver(road) instance runs to completion when the
target of 'yield from'.
This is not about interweaving event processing
asynchonously. It's about 'yield from' and
This code is practical mainly in the trivial sense that it runs to
completion.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Sun Jan 3 13:51:20 2016
@author: kurner
"""
import itertools
def assemble():
drv = yield None
drv.result = 1
drv = yield drv
drv.result += 1
drv.name = "Alvi
Erratum: 'Luciano packs his 'For Further Reading' with links directly TO
Google groups' ETC.
FoxPro refugees (Microsoft has stopped supporting that language) will
remember READ EVENTS as a last call to get a GUI going, akin to Tk's
mainloop().
Quoting from Fluent Python:
Dino Viehland showed how
I working through Luciano's Fluent Python, which I really appreciate
reading in Safari On-Line as so many of the links are live and relevant.
Luciano packs his 'For Further Reading' with links directly in Google
groups, where we can see Guido studying Twisted so to better communicate
his alternativ
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Wed Dec 16 10:07:57 2015
@author: kurner, 4dsolutions (.net)
(copyleft MIT license, 2015)
Example: Rich Data Structures
(for learning Python, including sqlite3)
Source:
http://www.soc-bdr.org/rds/authors/unit_tables_conversions_and_genetic_dictionaries/e5
On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Chalmer Lowe
wrote:
> Team:
>
> The Python Education Summit is on again this year at the PyCon in Portland.
>
>
Greetings Chalmer, please send me an invitation if you would. I missed the
two Montreal Pycons however I'm a resident of Portland and already
registere
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Created on Tue Dec 8 17:39:27 2015
@author: Kirby Urner, 4Dsolutions.net
(copyleft) MIT License, 2015
Two models of iterator that do the same thing. All primes
found so far will be a list of all primes <= n without any
missing. Algorithm: trial by division.
"""
Inefficient, but still kinda fun. I used it last night as an introduction
to eval( ). First I take the eval away and show the expression (growing)
being generated (it's a generator).
1 + 1/(1)
1 + 1/(1+ 1/(1))
1 + 1/(1+ 1/(1+ 1/(1)))
1 + 1/(1+ 1/(1+ 1/(1+ 1/(1
1 + 1/(1+ 1/(1+ 1/(1+ 1/(1+ 1/(
Again from tonight's class prep.
Such scripts might be useful exhibits if you're still trying to get
approval to move beyond a TI calculator in math class. Playing with
extended precision helps bring the concepts of limits and convergence alive.
My students are employed adults so winning such ap
Looking back:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/2006-September/006963.html
shows me still importing __division__ and relying on some factorial off
state.
Tonight, preparing for class, I'm able to rely on math.factorial, introduce
other improvements.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created o
http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2015/12/mathy-memes.html
Kirby
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I'd hope for something more up to date.
I was following Python links from here:
https://github.com/WomenWhoCode/guidelines-resources/blob/master/learn_to_program.md
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> import unittest
> from px_class import P
>
> class Test_Permutation(unittest.TestCase):
>
> def test_1(self):
> """
> any p * ~p should give Identity
> """
> p = P() # identity permutation
> new_p = p.shuffle()
> inv_p = ~new_p
> self.
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