Re: [Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-11 Thread Matthew Polack
Hi Mike and everyone who replied to the tutor question re: GUI ideas for Python. Really value all the ideas and suggestions...that is very helpful! Thanks for taking time to reply with so much great information. We're just in wind down mode/rush for our close of school year ...but will really

Re: [Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-06 Thread Mike Barnett
Oh, one more thing on this topic... there are tutorial videos available for PySimpleGUI, both basic and advanced. Basic 5 video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl8dD0doyrvHMoJGTdMtgLuHymaqJVjzt Additional 9 in-depth videos:

[Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-06 Thread Mike Barnett
I stumbled onto this mailing list when Google found a mention of PySimpleGUI in a thread titled: Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python. I wanted to respond with information on PySimpleGUI and why it's ideal for students. If you're teaching kids and they want to learn how to do GUIs so that

Re: [Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-05 Thread Sarfraaz Ahmed
Hello Matthew, Although, its not for Graphics, I have noticed that http://www.pythontutor.com is a good place that can come in handy for students who are new to programming. It gives a graphical view of how memory is allocated for variables and how functions are invoked in a program. I have

Re: [Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-05 Thread Adam Eyring
I've liked turtle and make my graphing more interesting by asking for user input such as dimensions, then graph automatically. One starter source for using pygame graphics is https://inventwithpython.com/pygame/ It jumps into game writing very quickly, but provides explanations of commands. The

Re: [Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 11:39:49AM +1100, Matthew Polack wrote: > Hi All, > > We're using Python with our Year 9 and 10 students to teach programming. Yay! And I see you're a fellow Aussie :-) > I've started with basic console programming...doing simple games like a > quiz game etc. > >

Re: [Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-05 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 05/12/2018 00:39, Matthew Polack wrote: > Can anyone recommend any ways of integrating 'graphics' but in a simpler > way. > Have you considered the turtle module. Its limited to drawing shapes but does give some immediate results. You can of course create functions to draw more

[Tutor] Any 'graphical' ways of learning Python

2018-12-05 Thread Matthew Polack
Hi All, We're using Python with our Year 9 and 10 students to teach programming. I've started with basic console programming...doing simple games like a quiz game etc. Students always seem to like 'graphics'..one of the reasons things like 'Scratch' are so popular in schools is because of the