> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Calvin Spealman > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:07 AM > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: [Tutor] Providing Solutions for all the Common Questions > > There was a discussion in the #python channel over at > freenode about the common questions we seem to field daily. > These often revolve around problems a lot of people need > solutions for, and for which we have specific answers to we > always give. A lot of times this leads to teeth grinding as > we try to convince people about our advice. Why else are they > asking if they then argue with the answers they get? This > takes a lot of time and energy, so a number of us are > starting a project to produce tutorials, guides, and > explanations to back up a lot of these solutions. > > For example, a lot of people look to write an irc bot when > they learn Python, and often they either plan or are > suggested to use Twisted. A tutorial specifically for this > need is being written. > > We've decided to come here to organize this, as it seems to fit. > > > So there are some organizational issues to approach. I > thought AppEngine would be a good place to host everything, > so I've already registered pythonguides.appspot.com and plan > to throw up a basic Wiki to start. Going forward there are > some things I want to implement there to support our specific > needs. For now, its just a free host. > > One other initial need is to collect the problems we need to > provide our solutions for. So, what do we people ask over and over? > > -- > Read my blog! I depend on your acceptance of my opinion! I am > interesting! > http://techblog.ironfroggy.com/ > Follow me if you're into that sort of thing: > http://www.twitter.com/ironfroggy
A long time ago in a Python galaxy far far away, a tutor FAQ was written. It has been bounced around. I found it at http://effbot.org/pyfaq/tutor-index.htm. Some of these entries could use some updating. A basic wiki for these FAQs would be great. Mike _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor