Op Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:06:34 -0700, schreef Dennis Lee Bieber:
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:37:43 GMT, Jan Claeys [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed
the following in comp.lang.python:
Later I learned C (and even later C++), and I've always been wondering
why those languages were making simple things so
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
(snip)
I think I agree with all of the positive, supporting posts about
Python. I would just like to add that Python (and PyGame) are open
source
And run on most common platforms AFAIK.
and so your students can download it at home and have fun
exploring it on
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Jan Claeys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are at least 3 books about game programming in python:
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Programming-Line-Express-Learning/dp/0470068221
STAY AWAY
Speaking as half of the tech-editing team for this book (the formal title
is _Game
Jan Claeys a écrit :
(snip)
I learned about pointers while learning Pascal (and later embedded
assembler) using Borland's tools.
Later I learned C (and even later C++), and I've always been wondering why
those languages were making simple things so complicated...
Similar pattern here :
Well I doubt it's the visual environment that makes it more easy,
color, shape and position can give some extra information though.
I think apriori domain knowledge and flattness of information are of far
more importance.
The first issue is covered quit well by Robolab / Labview,
but the
On Apr 1, 1:27 pm, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
introduction to programming, leading to two more
On Apr 2, 5:01 pm, John Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, once I start teaching him variables, expressions, loops, and
what not, I found that (by surprise) he had great difficulties
catching on. Not soon after that, we had to quit.
This makes me curious: how much of videogamer are you?
On Apr 3, 12:24 pm, ajaksu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 2, 5:01 pm, John Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, once I start teaching him variables, expressions, loops, and
what not, I found that (by surprise) he had great difficulties
catching on. Not soon after that, we had to quit.
On Apr 3, 10:17 am, Stef Mientki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I doubt it's the visual environment that makes it more easy,
color, shape and position can give some extra information though.
I think apriori domain knowledge and flattness of information are of far
more importance.
The
sprad wrote:
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
introduction to programming, leading to two more years of advanced
topics.
I was
Op Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:27:18 -0700, schreef sprad:
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle introduction
to programming, leading to two more
On Apr 1, 11:10 am, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 1, 11:41 am, mdomans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Python needs no evangelizing but I can tell you that it is a powerfull
tool. I prefer to think that flash is rather visualization tool than
programing language, and java needs a lot of
John Henry wrote:
On Apr 1, 11:10 am, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 1, 11:41 am, mdomans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Python needs no evangelizing but I can tell you that it is a powerfull
tool. I prefer to think that flash is rather visualization tool than
programing language,
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Jan Claeys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Op Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:27:18 -0700, schreef sprad:
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The
On Apr 2, 1:01 pm, John Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 1, 11:10 am, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 1, 11:41 am, mdomans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Python needs no evangelizing but I can tell you that it is a powerfull
tool. I prefer to think that flash is rather
On Apr 2, 1:32 pm, Stef Mientki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Henry wrote:
On Apr 1, 11:10 am, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 1, 11:41 am, mdomans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Python needs no evangelizing but I can tell you that it is a powerfull
tool. I prefer to think that flash is
Laurent Pointal wrote:
Le Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:35:46 -0700, Paddy a écrit :
And if you want to do easy and simple 3D graphics programming, look at
VPython
http://www.vpython.org/
I offer a _strong_ second -- Nowhere in computing have I seen it
easier to create stereoscopic views of 3-D
Op Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:02:45 -0400, schreef Dan Upton:
Side rant: I think Java's just fine, as long as it's taught properly.
I'd done a little bit of C and C++ programming when I was in high
school, trying to teach myself from a book, but I never really got
pointers or objects. Going back
sprad wrote:
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
introduction to programming, leading to two more years of advanced
topics.
I have
Python needs no evangelizing but I can tell you that it is a powerfull
tool. I prefer to think that flash is rather visualization tool than
programing language, and java needs a lot of typing and a lot of
reading. On the other hand python is simple to read and write, can be
debuged easily, is
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
introduction to programming, leading to two more years of advanced
topics.
I was initially thinking
sprad a écrit :
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
introduction to programming, leading to two more years of advanced
topics.
I was
sprad a écrit :
On Apr 1, 11:41 am, mdomans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Python needs no evangelizing but I can tell you that it is a powerfull
tool. I prefer to think that flash is rather visualization tool than
programing language, and java needs a lot of typing and a lot of
reading. On the
On Apr 1, 11:41 am, mdomans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Python needs no evangelizing but I can tell you that it is a powerfull
tool. I prefer to think that flash is rather visualization tool than
programing language, and java needs a lot of typing and a lot of
reading. On the other hand python is
On Apr 1, 6:27 pm, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
introduction to programming, leading to two more
Le Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:35:46 -0700, Paddy a écrit :
On Apr 1, 6:27 pm, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
zip
I want to believe. Evangelize away.
How proficient are you in Flash/Actionscript? I suggest you try out
Python/Pygame and extrapolate from that, given your available time,
would you
On Apr 1, 3:09 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sprad a écrit :
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
On Apr 1, 12:27 pm, sprad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a high school computer teacher, and I'm starting a series of
programming courses next year (disguised as game development classes
to capture more interest). The first year will be a gentle
introduction to programming, leading to two more
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