[Baypiggies] Python Class for Novices

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

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From: Marilyn Davis <marilyn at deliberate.com>
Date: Oct 1, 2007 5:54 PM

I'm excited to announce a new Python class for beginners at UCSC Extension:

http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=3576274

It will be a weekend of programming, starting from scratch and taking
the time to understand the basic mechanisms of software engineering:
operators, flow-of-control, functions, modules/namespaces and
importing. We'll study a few of the  properties of lists and strings,
and, time permitting, we'll touch on classes as blueprints for
namespaces.

The class is intended to give a novice the maximum programming power
with the minimum effort.  Hopefully, this taste of programming will
whet the student's appetite for more.

Self-motivated, reasonably-well-behaved high school students are
encouraged to attend.

Also, the class is designed to meet the prerequisite for the "Python
For Programmer's" class:

http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=1531625

which is essentially the same class that I teach in corporate
environments, including Google.

Please send me students!

Marilyn Davis, Ph.D.
650 965-7121
marilyn at deliberate.com