On 14/12/14 19:29, Pi Po wrote:
Want each interpreted line of code to introduce as a cells on a spreadsheet window each new variable (or array) with its initialized value, and show the updated contents of each previously defined variable (or array).
I don;t know of any environment for any language that does it in a spreadsheet. The nearest thing is a debugger with a watch point set. You can use IDLE or Pythonwin or Eclipse or winpdb; they all support watch points.
As a student types in a line of code they will see how that line impacts old data and introduces new data.
Again that's not how the debugger approach works it takes a full program and steps through it showing how the variables get updated, but they don't allow dynamic typing of code during debugging.
At least none that I've seen. Some allow minor edits to live code, but even that's fairly unusual.
This can now be done manually on a blackboard but is slow and tedious.
Yes, but is very good discipline for students. Its how most programmers learn, and something I still do regularly when debugging a problem(on paper not a blackboard!)
If anyone knows another language (assembler, forth, C, J, ...) which already has this feature, appreciate a link. But as syntax of Python is relatively clean and suited for instruction, much prefer something in Python.
Nope, I don't know of anything like that. Smalltalk might come closest with its Workspace concept and object browser. But it's certainly not a spreadsheet, although it does allow you to type and evaluate new lines of code as you go. The Squeak environment is designed for education use so might be worth a look. You could also try asking on the edu-sig mailing list which is for educators using Python (I haven't checked in there for years so I hope its still running!) -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
