Thanks Dave for this tip, this is excellent, exactly what I have been looking for! I'm using it already :-)
Kind Regards, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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
