If you're unaware of video.google.com, a beta video service, this might be a
good time to click on:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=python+chiehpage=1lv=1
What you'll find is a list of open source (cc) Tkinter + Python vtutorials,
done on a GNOME desktop, by a gent named Chieh in Boston
Using Python shell to lookup lat/long of my home address:
import xmlrpclib
server_url = 'http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/xmlrpc'
server = xmlrpclib.Server(server_url)
result = server.geocode(3745 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR 97214)
result
[{'city': 'Portland', 'prefix': 'SE', 'suffix': '',
First, I think they are some of the best out there. Hard to get
through, but worth keeping as references for the next 30 years.
I suggested them to you (rather than generally to students) because
you said you felt:
My own experience is more toward the learning to program to learn -
in