[Edu-sig] Friendly-traceback: useful tool for those teaching Python

2021-02-02 Thread André Roberge
Hello everyone, For about 20 months now, I have been working on a Python package intended to help beginners figure out what went wrong when their program generates a traceback. This package is called Friendly-traceback; you can find the fairly extensive documentation at

[Edu-sig] Online introductory Python course

2021-02-02 Thread Whipp, David M
Hi all, I’ve been silently following this mailing list for a few years now and wanted to share an online course that some colleagues and I have developed at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The course is intended for Bachelor’s and Master’s students in Geology and Geography, but introduces

[Edu-sig] Re: Online introductory Python course

2021-02-02 Thread kirby urner
Hi Dave -- Thank you for this excellent online course material re Python and the geosciences. I've added a section to my evolving "elite school" repo listing courses and curriculum using Jupyter Notebooks, as I want to impress upon my students that this is how some of the better schools /

[Edu-sig] Re: Online introductory Python course

2021-02-02 Thread Whipp, David M
Hi Kirby, Thanks for the positive feedback! > I've added a section to my evolving "elite school" repo listing courses and > curriculum > using Jupyter Notebooks, as I want to impress upon my students that this is > how > some of the better schools / teachers are currently sharing material.

[Edu-sig] Re: Online introductory Python course

2021-02-02 Thread Whipp, David M
Hi Wes, I’ll respond where I can add something useful (hopefully). > Questions for comprehension: > > # When is it better to write code as a module and/or a Jupyter notebook? > > (Note that e.g. the fastai/nbdev template repo makes it easy to mark .ipynb > notebook input cells as for

[Edu-sig] Re: Friendly-traceback: useful tool for those teaching Python

2021-02-02 Thread André Roberge
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 2:37 PM kirby urner wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 5:48 AM André Roberge > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> For about 20 months now, I have been working on a Python package intended >> to help beginners figure out what went wrong when their program generates a >>

[Edu-sig] Re: Friendly-traceback: useful tool for those teaching Python

2021-02-02 Thread kirby urner
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 5:48 AM André Roberge wrote: > Hello everyone, > > For about 20 months now, I have been working on a Python package intended > to help beginners figure out what went wrong when their program generates a > traceback. This package is called Friendly-traceback; you can find

[Edu-sig] Re: Online introductory Python course

2021-02-02 Thread Wes Turner
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021, 11:30 kirby urner wrote: > > Hi Dave -- > > Thank you for this excellent online course material re Python and the > geosciences. > > I've added a section to my evolving "elite school" repo listing courses > and curriculum > using Jupyter Notebooks, as I want to impress upon

[Edu-sig] Re: Online introductory Python course

2021-02-02 Thread Wes Turner
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 3:54 PM Whipp, David M wrote: > Hi Wes, > > I’ll respond where I can add something useful (hopefully). > Hey thanks! > > > Questions for comprehension: > > > > # When is it better to write code as a module and/or a Jupyter > notebook? > > > > (Note that e.g. the