On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Jurgis Pralgauskis < jurgis.pralgaus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I tried it via my students (found on http://code.org/learn) > http://codecombat.com/?hour_of_code=true . > It looks really nice. After having a quick look, I am fairly impressed. My criticisms below are essentially nitpicking.... > > Neat pedagogical approach: > > - attractive graphics (for boys esp.) , > > Yes > > - > - default coding language "python" :) > > but uses camelCases instead of following the normal Python convention. > > - > - slow learning curve, > > True ... but it starts with methods as opposed with functions, with no explanation as to why "self." is needed . > > - > - line highlighting, > - some "simplified" syntax for python loops (instead of "while True", > just write "loop") > > I have not reached that point (and likely won't) but this is something that really annoys me when claiming to teach Python. > > - didn't notice conditional statments so far > > What about defining new methods/classes ? André > > - > > ps.: Made with coffescript https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat > > > -- > Jurgis Pralgauskis > tel: 8-616 77613; > Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;) > http://galvosukykla.lt > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > >
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