Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
One reaction to <url: <url:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ProgrammingBookP3> has been that turtle
graphics may be off-putting to some readers because it is associated
with children's learning.
Incidentally ... something you may wish to consider for inclusion in you
book ... games programming and Pygame.
See, e.g.,
Andy Harris, Game Programming (L Line: The Express Line to Learning),
John Wiley & Sons, 2007, ISBN-10: 0470068221 or
Will McGugan, Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame : From
Novice to Professional, APRESS, 2007, ISBN-10: 1590598725.
I have the impression that there are many young people who could learn
programming via games programming. On the other hand, in languages like
C++ or Java, the threshold to games programming is extremely high.
Not so using Pygame.
The additional nice thing about Pygame is that it is based on a Python
binding of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) an open-source games API. This
could mean easy migration to C++ games programming (using SDL).
Best regards,
Jon C.
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