Hi all,
A while ago, in a response:
Danny Yoo said unto the world upon 2004-11-29 17:14:
I just got in contact with Nick Parlante of the Nifty Assignments project; he's been collecting material on fun projects:
http://nifty.stanford.edu/
The projects there look pretty nice. In fact, I'm thinking of adapting material on that page for us here on Python-Tutor.
Is there a particular project that sounds interesting to folks? Personally, I'm interested in:
http://nifty.stanford.edu/catandmouse/html/
But that's only because I helped tutor it back when I was at Berkeley's Self-Paced Center... *grin* But if people want, I'd be happy to convert Professor Clancy's support code from C++ to Python.
I've got a suggestion: would there be any interest among list members in picking one of the assignments, working on it, and then doing a code comparison/critique?
When Danny posted, I did <http://nifty.stanford.edu/2003/randomwriter/>. I thought about posting what I had done to the list and inviting such comment/criticism, but was dissuaded by two things: 1) once I'd got my code to a reasonable polish, with docstrings and all, it seemed a bit long to just plunk onto the list, and, 2) I suspect much of the interest, fun, and learning might well emerge from having a go at the task and then seeing what others came up with. If I posted mine unannounced, others wouldn't have the chance to go at the problem fresh.
What do others think?
I wonder if the length of code, the possible undesirability of a bunch of answers to a collection of homework problems getting posted, and other considerations might make this better as an off-list endeavour. I'd be interested in doing it either here or on private channels. (If there was interest and we opt for private, I could probably get my uni to let me set up an unarchived listserv for the purpose.)
Best to all,
Brian vdB
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