Re: [Tutor] Self-intro and two short newbie questions

2010-03-18 Thread Kevin Kirton
Thanks very much for the responses. I feel encouraged now to try to create the guitar tuner program by myself first, and then the simple turtle art program after that. It's kind of both exhilarating and daunting that I don't know exactly where to start at the moment, but that's the fun of learning

Re: [Tutor] Self-intro and two short newbie questions

2010-03-18 Thread Alan Gauld
"Kevin Kirton" wrote know it varies depending on the person, but for example, how long would it take _you_?) (i) a simple guitar tuning program involving an image of a guitar and the playing of each of the standard strings of a guitar (E, A, D, G, B, E) upon key input by the user For a profe

Re: [Tutor] Self-intro and two short newbie questions

2010-03-18 Thread spir
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:42:05 +1100 Kevin Kirton wrote: > My questions are: how long would you estimate it to take and how > complicated would it be to create the following as Python programs? (I > know it varies depending on the person, but for example, how long > would it take _you_?) My opinio

Re: [Tutor] Self-intro and two short newbie questions

2010-03-18 Thread Wayne Werner
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Kevin Kirton wrote: > Hi all, > > I've committed myself to learning Python and have started reading > "Learning Python" (Mark Lutz) and looking through various online > resources. > My career so far has involved a little high school teaching and about > 10 years o

[Tutor] Self-intro and two short newbie questions

2010-03-18 Thread Kevin Kirton
Hi all, I've committed myself to learning Python and have started reading "Learning Python" (Mark Lutz) and looking through various online resources. My career so far has involved a little high school teaching and about 10 years of translating Japanese to English, but no programming or coding. I'