Hi,
A suggestion for python books with a touch of philosophy.
Wished authors could use analogies from spreadsheet applications (that
crunch data just like computers crunch data using programming languages ) or
opensource programs when explaining stuff like datastructures, variables,
functions,
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:48 AM, David MacQuigg
If you are stuck in a car for an hour each day and you want to listen
to such an audio book, then it's a 0,1 proposition. You could at
least learn about object-oriented thinking, and qualitative features
of the language. It would be a good
At 03:37 AM 7/11/2008 -0500, Jeff Rush wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:48 AM, David MacQuigg
If you are stuck in a car for an hour each day and you want to listen
to such an audio book, then it's a 0,1 proposition. You could at
least learn about object-oriented thinking, and qualitative
Hi,
I like the idea of a companion to an existing book. The audiobook might be
more useful as a supplement to a programming text rather than a replacement
for it. Instead of trying to explain programming generally or finding a way
to usefully recite code, it might be interesting to hear
I wanted to thank web2py author Massimo Di Pierro for cluing me re
Vimeo, a higher bandwidth tube service that isn't putting my Python
for Math Teachers intros behind a PayPal firewall (what happened on
ShowMeDo, where I also archive. also higher rez than YouTube).
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:48 AM, David MacQuigg
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Can you really learn Python this way? Try writing some code after listening
to a verbal explanation only. Even if you have amazing powers to visualize
what you hear, the verbal description, even for something as
For what it's worth, Kernighan and Plauger's The Elements of
Programming Style claim that If someone could understand your code
when read aloud over the telephone, it's clear enough. If not, then it
needs rewriting.
I first came across this quote when reading Graham Nelson's paper
Natural
Hello,
# Had this email sent earlier, which got trapped by the spam filter as I was
not a member of edu-sig.
I have a wish and / a suggestion which I hope will help newbies/noobies
deal with the learning curve of python.
I have a background in one of the biological sciences and had always
