I teach a number of classes at the University of Michigan that are
about Python and that use Python.We have gone from no Python
classes last year to five classes and four teachers that teach Python
at UM. We share intro documentation on how to install and set up the
environment.
One
Hi, maybe for the first weeks use crunchy, install a server
somewhere, so they can use it, when you go further on the semester
you can get them involved in the cli.
Is a shame that advanced tools on the cli are hidden for people from
GUI ones. Their minds will be expanded when they start to use
Per very early in the edu-sig archive, I've always found IDLE both
necessary and sufficient for most of my teaching needs, whereas in
development I've used Vim (which I suck at), random editors and tools,
less Eclipse than you might think, Wing. However, for quick scripts,
IDLE works on the job
csev wrote:
...We share intro documentation on how to install and set up ...
I end up publishing detailed documents and screen casts to get python
into your Windows path. It works but it is not where I want students
energy focused in the first week of class.
I am wondering if there is
Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
I do not know if this is helpful but the web2py windows distribution
includes portable python and does not require installation. You just type
web2py.exe -S admin
and you have a python shell or you can do
web2py.exe -S admin -R /path/to/yourfile.py
It
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 9:09 AM, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com wrote:
What frustrates me in class though, is I'll get low on the projected
screen, having entered a bunch of session variables, identified a lot
of stuff, and then I'm sort of stuck to the lower edge, unable to wipe
to the top
On Friday we were studying synthetic substitution/division in Algebra 2.
After going through the algorithm and after showing through factoring why it
worked, I had them look at this code:
def evaluate(polynomial, x):
value = 0
for coefficient in polynomial:
value = value*x +
