When I start introducing Python I use this chart [1]:
Five Dimensions of Python:
- Level 0: core syntax with keywords & punctuation, indentation (import,
if...)
- Level 1: a large set of built-ins (e.g. print)
- Level 2: special names with the double underlines
- Level 3:
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
I talked with the CIS department chairman and one of the faculty about the
possibility of teaching Python at our community college, and they weren't
interested. (Oh No, not another language ... ) Also, the lack of declarations
was a show-stopper.
I encountered this same objection from one
Hi David,
I teach at DePaul university where we now use Python in multiple
classes. The way we got it in was not by proposing Python in
substitution to Java or C++. I tried it and that failed for the same
reasons you mention. I got it in by starting to use Python in
algorithms classes
David Massimo,
Our local community college will begin offering Python courses this
Fall. As is common with community colleges there is a lot of 'training'
for particular tools and languages to meet immediate needs of local
employers. As a representative of the big, research university in
At 01:41 AM 3/20/2008 +0100, Stef Mientki wrote:
I started about a year ago with the Enthought edition
http://code.enthought.com/enthon/
This leads to a series of deprecated links, some several months old, and no
clear guidance as to what a student should install. This website is a mess!!
Our mandelbrot demo is working nicely, thanks to all the help I've gotten from
folks on this list. We are using only the weave package, not the full SciPy
install. It would be nice to show some additional examples from SciPy,
however, especially tools that students will find useful in later
hi David,
David MacQuigg wrote:
Our mandelbrot demo is working nicely, thanks to all the help I've gotten
from folks on this list. We are using only the weave package, not the full
SciPy install. It would be nice to show some additional examples from SciPy,
however, especially tools that
I got scipy.weave working in my Mandelbrot demo in Python2.5 under Cygwin, and
the speed improvement is comparable to my hand-coded Pyton.h extension module.
1a) Python speed = 678 points/sec
1b) C speed = 115200 points/sec 169X
2a) Python speed = 721 points/sec
2b) C
the
functions and event types used in the snippet above.
Many thanks for your help.
-- Dave
- Original Message
From: David MacQuigg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Warren Sande [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:51:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Introducing Python to Engineering
I'll modify my function to look more like yours, going for more
clarity with only a small sacrifice in efficiency. I can't use the
nice OOP style, however, because these students have studied only
functions. OOP is an advanced topic covered in a later
course for
computer
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:50 AM, John Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMHO, object-oriented programming is like most technologies -- it was
developed as a solution to perceived problems. Newbies, who haven't
perceived the problems, will have trouble appreciating the solution.
-John
At 07:24 PM 3/11/2008 -0700, Rob Malouf wrote:
On Mar 11, 2008, at 5:11 PM, David MacQuigg wrote:
It would make a nice improvement in this Mandelbrot demo if you
could show me a way to significantly improve the speed of the Python
I already have, perhaps avoiding the need for C.
...
Or,
: Re: [Edu-sig] Introducing Python to Engineering Students
David,
For output graphics, you might want to have a look at Pygame. It is a wrapper
for the SDL library. It has functionality for creating graphics windows,
drawing, sprites, etc. But what might be of interest for you is the simple
- Original Message
From: David MacQuigg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: edu-sig@python.org
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:28:21 PM
Subject: [Edu-sig] Introducing Python to Engineering Students
I've been asked to give an intro to Python for a freshman class with 150
students at University of Arizona
Many thanks for the quick and very helpful responses!!
At 08:00 PM 3/10/2008 -0700, kirby urner wrote:
Just in case you want to look at an all Python solution down to the
pixel level (using PIL):
http://4dsolutions.net/ocn/fractals.html
Very nice!! I like the clear concise explanation of
On Mar 11, 2008, at 5:11 PM, David MacQuigg wrote:
It would make a nice improvement in this Mandelbrot demo if you
could show me a way to significantly improve the speed of the Python
I already have, perhaps avoiding the need for C.
Actually, I don't see a clean way to vectorize that inner
On Mar 11, 2008, at 2:57 PM, David MacQuigg wrote:
I guess what I should conclude is that when performance is
important, don't bother trying to optimize Python. Go straight to
C, and get 10 or 100X improvement.
That hasn't always been my experience. I found that using psyco and
numpy
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:57 PM, David MacQuigg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Very nice!! I like the clear concise explanation of fractals. I'll add
this link to whatever I put together.
I like the way you construct the color palette, simple but effective. I'll
have to play around with
I've been asked to give an intro to Python for a freshman class with 150
students at University of Arizona. The class is taught in the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department, and is titled Computer Programming for
Engineering Applications. The language is C (Hanly Koffman, Problem
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 7:28 PM, David MacQuigg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Suggestions are welcome. Has anyone done something like this before? Can
you improve on my code (I'm not a Python expert), or even suggest something
entirely different?
Hi Dave --
Just in case you want to look at
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To: edu-sig@python.org
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:28:21 PM
Subject: [Edu-sig] Introducing Python to Engineering Students
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