Re: [Tutor] 12 year old starting to code

2016-01-13 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 13/01/2016 18:08, Alan Gauld wrote: On 13/01/16 14:51, Mark Lawrence wrote: OK, It should be in C:\Python35\Lib\idelib That's not the default for 3.5, see https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html Thanks for catching that. I based it on my ActiveState 3.4 install, but... I never use

Re: [Tutor] 12 year old starting to code

2016-01-13 Thread Alan Gauld
On 13/01/16 14:51, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> OK, It should be in C:\Python35\Lib\idelib > > That's not the default for 3.5, see > https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html Thanks for catching that. I based it on my ActiveState 3.4 install, but... I never use the default install and usually in

Re: [Tutor] 12 year old starting to code

2016-01-13 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 12/01/2016 00:11, Alan Gauld wrote: CCd to list for info On 11/01/16 22:55, Steven Molter wrote: I'm running Python 3.5.1 on windows 10. OK, It should be in C:\Python35\Lib\idelib That's not the default for 3.5, see https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html -- My fellow Pythonista

Re: [Tutor] 12 year old starting to code

2016-01-11 Thread Alan Gauld
CCd to list for info On 11/01/16 22:55, Steven Molter wrote: > I'm running Python 3.5.1 on windows 10. OK, It should be in C:\Python35\Lib\idelib Look for a file called idle.bat and create a shortcut to that from your menu or desktop. If you aren't sure where the start menu items are, open the

Re: [Tutor] 12 year old starting to code

2016-01-11 Thread Alan Gauld
On 11/01/16 16:40, Steven Molter wrote: > Python section. The book was written using IDLE, but with the newest > version of Python, I am unable to get the IDLE shell running. Which OS do you use? (and which specific Python version?) If it's Windows you may prefer the ActiveState.com distributio

[Tutor] 12 year old starting to code

2016-01-11 Thread Steven Molter
I am homeschooling my son Spencer, and he is interested in learning how to write code. We purchased a book by DK called "Help Your Kids With Computer Coding". We have done the section on scratch, and now have started the Python section. The book was written using IDLE, but with the newest versio