[ Kirby ]
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| OO really is a different world. I think it still makes sense to teach
| the subject historically, even though we *can* start with objects at
| the same time.
+1, did that in practice and worked really well.
[ Laura ]:
| This may make sense for
ps -- i am not entirely sold on oo programming. clearly it is the
correct way to model certain problems, but a more functional approach
seems better suited to other kinds.
I think teaching TDD is more important than OO these days. Am I only
reflecting my own loves and predjudice?
Hi
In a message of Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:08:50 PDT, Kirby Urner writes:
OO really is a different world. I think it still makes sense to teach the
subject historically, even though we *can* start with objects at the same
time. In other words, have students relive some of the trauma of moving
from the
In a message of Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:08:50 PDT, Kirby Urner writes:
OO really is a different world. I think it still makes sense to teach
the subject historically, even though we *can* start with objects at
the same time. In other words, have students relive some of the trauma
of moving
Kirby Urner wrote:
Based on my working with Bernie, I think it's helpful to start early with
the class/object distinction
rectobj = Rectangle(...)
rectobj.setWidth(10)
rectobj.draw()
A useful note here: all programmers are _used_ to using objects:
The file for I/O is an OS-defined
Classes are not a feasible choice to start with because they are a most
complex structure in a programming language that builds on knowledge of
virtually anything else.
We agree on a lot of points.
Because just about any decent Python script makes use of core data
structures, such as the
You might try: These names don't just exist in some primordial soup.
There has to be a place they get stored. There is a bit of magic:
import __main__
a = 24
print a, __main__.a
__main__.a = 365
print a, __main__.a
And even:
print a, __main__.a,
whoops, sent this reply off-list by accident (apologies to Scott)
Here's a thought that just jumped into my mind, I don't know if it has
any value, but bear me out:
I think it probably makes most sense to introduce programming to totally
new people in a procedural/structured/whatever you
Hello Scott,
Monday, June 13, 2005, 10:16:12 AM, you wrote:
SDD Kirby Urner wrote:
Based on my working with Bernie, I think it's helpful to start early with
the class/object distinction
rectobj = Rectangle(...)
rectobj.setWidth(10)
rectobj.draw()
SDD A useful note here: all
So I'm back to helping Bernie Gunn with Python again. He's in charge of the
Geokem web site, where lots of scientific information gets collated --
global data basically, much of it geochemical. The HQS is in New Zealand.
I salute Bernie, a relatively old guy, for taking a flying leap to our OO
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