On Oct 1, 2006, at 6:28 PM, Peter Mexbacher wrote: > Hello, > > we want to teach absolute programming newbies > a first language, so they can start programming > simple scientific models. > > We thought Python would make a good choice for > a first language; but where pretty stumped when > we found out that there is no simple way to draw > pixels to a screen. (This is needed for fractals, > agent-based models etc -> like Conways Game of Life) > > Our requirements: > > -) easy to learn (newbs!) > -) not too slow (after all, the models should simulate something) > -) python :-) > > Any ideas? > > Best Regards, > Peter
You might check out John Zelle's Python book - he uses a simple graphics library on top of Tk (which Python comes with). You can find information on his book and the graphics.py file he uses at: http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/ It certainly meets your easy to learn and Python requirements - and of course speed is subjective so it may or may not be fast enough for you. Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
