On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 31-Mar-08, at 9:58 AM, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > > > Sorry this is two weeks late (it's been a bear of a two weeks), but > > I use Django with high school students who've done the equivalent > > of a year of college programming--the AP Computer Science AB > > curriculum. > > what age would these students be? 16- 18. Most are going to university next fall, but a few have one more year of high school. > > > > > > > You have to be careful and you have to lead students by the nose, > > making sure that students get HTML and basic concepts of databases, > > but Django is a great way to get a class working together on a > > project. > > do you use version control and teach them to use it? How are they at > finding solutions through the docs, mailing lists and IRC? > Yes, we use version control and we've all kind of learned how to use it together. Our SVN repository has seen some "interesting" merges. I think we finally have a handle on how it's supposed to work, though. They're pretty good at the docs, but have mostly stayed away from the list and IRC. When they hit a problem and the more advanced students and I can't figure it out either, I tend to post a question to the list or ask on IRC myself. Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
