On Saturday, November 26, 2016, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> These are probably good for comparison: > > - https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/javascript/ > - https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python/ > - https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python3/ > - http://hg.toolness.com/python-for-js-programmers/raw-file/tip/PythonForJsProgrammers.html - http://jfine.bitbucket.org/docs/js4py/gotcha-quiz.html - https://reddit.com/r/Python/comments/401wtc/python_for_javascript_programmers/ > > > > ECMAScript / Javascript > > - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript > - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript > - ES6 > > ES6 (ES2015 (ECMAScript 2015)) > > - Standard: http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/ > - http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6. > 0/#sec-additions-and-changes-that-introduce-incompatibilities-with-prior- > editions > > - http://es6-features.org > - https://github.com/lukehoban/es6features > > - https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/ > - http://caniuse.com/#feat=es6-class > > - https://github.com/babel/babel-standalone > > > On Saturday, November 26, 2016, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kirby.ur...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> >> I just had shared "sushi train" (conveyor belt actually) with >> a an IT chief with Everett School District, far north of here, >> during which we discussed whether or not listservs (such >> as edu-sig here) are on the decline across the board, having >> been replaced with other social media by next generations >> of Internet savvy. Do we know that for sure? >> >> For my part, I'm sure it depends on the subculture. I'm on >> a very active listserv around csound, the music synth >> language and engine, several posts a day. I'm sure sci.math >> is as frantic as ever. >> >> nbviewer seems to time out quite a bit and I don't think it's >> just me. Does the site get overloaded? >> >> I'm somewhat more likely than not to link directly to the >> Github version i.e. the raw source, as here: >> >> https://github.com/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/ >> Comparing%20JavaScript%20with%20Python.ipynb >> >> Shortened: https://goo.gl/jUqIwA >> >> ...versus feeding the latter through nbviewer. However >> the latter does a more thorough job in many cases, so >> I find it's worth it when it works. >> >> The above Notebook was just now lengthened with a >> new comparison of ES6 and Python3 function calls. >> >> Question: will nbviewer accept a shortened URL as >> input? >> >> Answer: no, but you're free to shorten the "nbviewer >> + Github URL" combo naturally: https://goo.gl/HtM0NR >> >> Did you know ES6 is the first edition of JavaScript >> wherein what we Pythonistas call default named >> parameters and sequence parameters were first >> acquired? >> >> In the above Notebook I extend to another example >> showing these features in both, comparing two recipe() >> functions. >> >> One could say Python has two "rest parameters", one >> for "positionals," the others for "named". >> >> Perhaps in Python "keyword parameter" is a little more >> correct than "named parameter" as the latter implies >> use of = (naming) to give a default value, whereas >> as shown in the example, one may have unnamed >> parameters to the right of a sequence parameter, >> that as a consequence are only reachable with >> named arguments. >> >> Les (the above IT chief), is very familiar with the >> Chromebook scene around public schooling in the >> state just north of Oregon. I'm likely to venture into >> that space pretty soon, as a Portland-based trainer. >> >> This will be a day job so I'm hopeful I'll be continuing >> with the evening gig as "radio show" broadcaster >> (a zoom.us-based tele-class). >> >> Speaking of which, I've been dropping in on some >> of Trey Hunners chat sessions after the fact (I've >> yet to make it to a live showing). I learned quite >> a bit about duck typing in connection abc types >> such as Sequence, thanks to this video: >> >> https://www.crowdcast.io/e/duck-typing >> <http://treyhunner.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cdbc9ae7bf54c3dff2773ea2d&id=377dc1d5ad&e=16760d8b0b> >> >> I'm guessing more people learn about such free >> resources from Twitterverse than from listservs these >> days, but I don't have hard data. >> >> I wonder if Python.org keeps any stats on gross >> subscriber numbers, posting rates etc. within its >> vast Mailman empire: >> >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo >> >> Kirby >> >> >>
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