Re: Beginner Tutorials

2014-01-18 Thread simsonsjanis
On Friday, 18 January 2013 16:47:52 UTC+2, Rik wrote: > Hi, I've developed a website for beginners to Python. I'd appreciate any > comments or criticism. It's still under development, and should be finished > in the next few months. Oh, and it's free to use. > > > > www.usingpython.com code

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-19 Thread Kwpolska
Who thought that not setting the “Reply replies to the ML” option was a good idea? -- Forwarded message -- From: Rik Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:31 PM Subject: Re: Beginner Tutorials To: kwpol...@gmail.com On Friday, January 18, 2013 7:20:13 PM UTC, Kwpolska wrote: > >

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Rick Johnson
On Friday, January 18, 2013 10:36:09 PM UTC-6, Evan Driscoll wrote: > I have only skimmed this thread and so am unsure exactly what is being > protected against casual copy/paste, but at least on its face I would > *vehemently* disagree with your statement. Well if you skim just a wee bit more you

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Evan Driscoll
On 1/18/2013 7:25 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > Well anyone who is just blindly copying code to get through a CS > course is obviously not a "natural" problem solver ,and thus, > /incapable/ of becoming a proficient programmer anyhow. Programming > *IS* problem solving. If you don't get any thrill from

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Rick Johnson
On Friday, January 18, 2013 11:04:39 AM UTC-6, Rik wrote: > The reason for disabling right-click has nothing to do > with protecting content, and everything to do with > stopping my students from taking the lazy way out. > > Given the chance, they'll copy/paste the code and download > the designs

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Ritchie Flick
Still a student myself and even if you really want to become good at what you're doing, some days one just feels lazy and in the mood for copy/pasting to get the job done quickly xD I like the site, will check it out ;) On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 1

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Rik
Well spotted! > Your final print should be: > > > > print("Hello " + name + "!") > > > > Regards, > > Ian F -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Rik
The reason for disabling right-click has nothing to do with protecting content, and everything to do with stopping my students from taking the lazy way out. Given the chance, they'll copy/paste the code and download the designs and edit them slightly. They'd get through the tutorials in about 25

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Rik
Thanks for the comments. I have changed the headings to lower case as you suggested. The site was created in wordpress using a standard theme, and linked pages rather than posts. i'd recommend using it to quickly set up a site; i started developing my own site but wanted to focus on site content

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Ian Foote
On 18/01/13 14:47, Rik wrote: Hi, I've developed a website for beginners to Python. I'd appreciate any comments or criticism. It's still under development, and should be finished in the next few months. Oh, and it's free to use. www.usingpython.com Your example code on http://usingpython.co

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Ian Foote
On 18/01/13 14:47, Rik wrote: Hi, I've developed a website for beginners to Python. I'd appreciate any comments or criticism. It's still under development, and should be finished in the next few months. Oh, and it's free to use. www.usingpython.com Is there a particular reason you disable r

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Virgil Stokes wrote: > On 18-Jan-2013 15:47, Rik wrote: > >> Hi, I've developed a website for beginners to Python. I'd appreciate any >> comments or criticism. It's still under development, and should be finished >> in the next few months. Oh, and it's free to us

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Virgil Stokes
On 18-Jan-2013 15:47, Rik wrote: Hi, I've developed a website for beginners to Python. I'd appreciate any comments or criticism. It's still under development, and should be finished in the next few months. Oh, and it's free to use. www.usingpython.com You have done well Rik. I like your appro

Re: Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread marco . kretz
Am Freitag, 18. Januar 2013 15:47:52 UTC+1 schrieb Rik: > Hi, I've developed a website for beginners to Python. I'd appreciate any > comments or criticism. It's still under development, and should be finished > in the next few months. Oh, and it's free to use. > > > > www.usingpython.com Very

Beginner Tutorials

2013-01-18 Thread Rik
Hi, I've developed a website for beginners to Python. I'd appreciate any comments or criticism. It's still under development, and should be finished in the next few months. Oh, and it's free to use. www.usingpython.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list