This is very cool. Just want to make sure everyone is aware that the service formerly known as JavaBat is now CodingBat and supports Python: http://codingbat.com/
That being said, I think PyKata has several very compelling features. It might be worth seeing if Nick Parlante would consider collaboration of some sort? On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:42 PM, David MacQuigg <macqu...@ece.arizona.edu> wrote: > In the open-source spirit of "release early", PyKata is now ready!! The > website development will be finished ... real soon :>) Anyone who would > like to contribute an exercise is now welcome. If you contributed to the > old PyWhip website, you might want to copy your contribution over to PyKata. > (Sorry we couldn't do this with Google App Engine. Looks like they are > rushing ahead with new features for end users, and leaving us developers > with a few headaches - like not being able to rename a project, or even > clone an old one to the new name!!) That said, I am very pleased with App > Engine. This is the infrastructure we need when we get to thousands of > users. > > I've uploaded a draft of a new help file - bitsNbytes.py (at > http://pykata.appspot.com/help). This topic is not the most important right > now (we should be filling in the basic topics first), but I'm working with a > class in cryptography, and we do a lot of bit-level manipulations. What I > would like is some comments and suggestions. The examples in this file will > be what we expand on with exercises and more helpful text. Have I chosen > the right examples? Do I have the best way to do it in each example? > Unlike other areas where we often have a clear best choice, working with > bits and bytes in Python seems to have a bewildering collection of ways to > do it, and not a clear winner. > > -- Dave > > ************************************************************ * > * David MacQuigg, PhD email: macquigg at ece.arizona.edu * * > * Research Associate phone: USA 520-721-4583 * * * > * ECE Department, University of Arizona * * * > * 9320 East Mikelyn Lane * * * > * http://purl.net/macquigg Tucson, Arizona 85710 * > ************************************************************ * > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
