Ben Edwards (lists) wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 16:39 +0000, Tal Einat wrote:
> > Ben Edwards (lists <lists <at> videonetwork.org> writes:
> >
> > >
> > > Have been working through Dive Into Python which is excellent. My only
> > > problem is that there are not exercises. I find exercises are a great
> > > way of helping stuff sink in and verifying my learning. Has anyone done
> > > such a thing?
> > >
> > > Ben
> > >
> >
> >
> > I recently gave a Python crash-course in my company, and ran into the same
> > problem. There are many good Python tutorials, manuals, references etc.,
> > most
> > are accompannied by various code examples, but there are very few
> > exercises. I
> > had a hard time collecting and inventing a few good exercises, about 12 in
> > all.
> >
> > There are probably some good exercises out there, but they seem to be
> > relatviely
> > hard to find. Maybe they should be collected and organized at Python.org?
>
> That sounds like an exelent idea. Maybe the way to structure it is by
> book/chapter.
>
> >
> > I think building a large collection of good Python exercises could help both
> > those teaching Python and those learning it. Also, gathering a set of Python
> > exercises for those learning general programming concepts (variables,
> > functions,
> > object-oriented, etc.) could help spread the use of Python for teaching
> > programming.
>
> I think there is little doubt about this. The reason I liked the
> 'Thinking in Java' book was it had 10 exercises at the end of each
> chapter. I would not more onto a chapter until I had completed them
> all.
>
This is something I had planned for the suggested tutorial restructure
at the 'pytut' wiki here:
http://pytut.infogami.com/gerard_refactor
I had hoped (and hope!) to add exercises at the end of each chapter.
It's a wiki of course so if you've any ideas, feel free...
That said, I don't know how visible this sight is among the community -
it's been quiet for a few months - or if it's even on the radar of the
'Powers That Be', whoever (or whatever ;^) ) they are...
But it's there anyway. The main pages are (obviously):
http://pytut.infogami.com
Gerard
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