>> Pynguin is a python-based turtle graphics application. >> It combines an editor, interactive interpreter, and >> graphics display area. >> > > I like the idea of using turtles to plot graphs. Replacing graphing > calculators with Python is easier when there are simple plot functions > available (yes, I know about matplotlib, Sage...)
It works pretty well for simple things. More of a test of what's possible than something especially useful. I tend to use kmplot or kalgebra when I see kids struggling with their graphing calculators. I think graphing calculators are pretty lame. kmplot and kalgebra are pretty awesome: http://edu.kde.org/kmplot/ http://edu.kde.org/kalgebra/ > Curious how much of the Standard Library turtle model gets used here. I don't import turtle.py if that's what you mean. > Is the turtle stuff all rewritten from scratch. I looked at turtle.py when starting out, but even though it says pretty clearly: """ From here up to line : Tkinter - Interface for turtle.py May be replaced by an interface to some different graphics toolkit """ I wasn't sure I could get it to behave the way I wanted. I did look at it for some API ideas. It would be cool if scripts written for turtle.py could run unchanged in pynguin. Maybe I will go through and add compatibility functions for things where I chose different names for the APIs. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
