Mailman 3 December 2022 - Edu-sig

Part-time opportunities for Python instructors
by Merav Yuravlivker May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024

Hi there, My name is Merav Yuravlivker, and I'm the CEO of Data Society - we deliver data science academies to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and other international organizations. We're currently looking for part-time Python instructors and TAs, and my friend Jackie Kazil recommended I reach out to you and your list serv. All of these opportunities can be available for people who are employed full-time, professors, or grad students. We pay well and provide all the materials for the instructor, as well as instructor training and support. If possible, would you please be able to share the following blurb? Please let me know if there is anything else you need from me. Much appreciated! Best, Merav --- Data Society, a fast-growing data science training company, is looking for awesome Python instructors and TAs! We deliver data academies to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and international organizations. All of our content is built in-house by an expert team of data scientists and instructional designers, so you can focus on what you do best - teach professionals how to find new insights and make their jobs easier. We currently have a few openings for TAs, as well as part-time instructors - all of these opportunities can be available for people who are employed full-time, professors, or grad students. We pay competitively, have a great support team, and provide amazing opportunities for additional projects if you're interested. To learn more, please visit our page for current opportunities <https://t.sidekickopen10.com/s2t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5X-F…>, or simply reach out to Merav at merav(a)datasociety.com. -- Schedule a time to meet <https://t.sidekickopen10.com/s1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lM8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5X-F…> Merav Yuravlivker Data Society, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder 777 6th Street NW, 11th Floor Washington, D.C., 20001 Enterprise: solutions.datasociety.com Consumer: datasociety.com

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How can i shift my website to python?
by xigiya3038＠pro5g.com Dec. 27, 2022

Dec. 27, 2022

Hi my website (https://www.solacefamilyfunerals.com.au/) is in Wix. Now i want to shift in Custom website using Python Language. Is it possible to shift my wix website to custom one using Python Language? I conscious about website ranking. Is this process effect my ranking? I need help about this.Wating for expert opinion Thanks in Advance.

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OER Python Concept Exercises ?
by MorrowCP＠gmail.com Dec. 23, 2022

Dec. 23, 2022

During the next term I will teach, never before offered at this school, a course in Python programming. When I teach math, I use moodle, MyOpenMath, and OpenStax. I want to conduct homework/exams on Python vocabulary and concepts. moodle and/or MyOpenMath could host the vehicles, but I have not yet found the Python analog to OpenStax. I seek an open educational resource teaching system with concept (not just programming) exercises available in each chapter (not just write a for loop, but also what is a definite loop). May I please request a link to such a resource? Is there a better forum and/or association for this post? Thank you.

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Video (in Spanish) on using python/sympy in physics courses
by Sergio Rojas Dec. 19, 2022

Dec. 19, 2022

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a short essay about programming
by kirby urner Dec. 8, 2022

Dec. 8, 2022

A common "error" (not too serious) that I see in beginning Python (and no doubt other languages, but Python is the one I'm teaching), is having a while condition that appears to put a lid on things, but then the flow all leaks away through break statements, such that the "front door" condition is never revisited. while guess != secret: guess = int(input("Guess?: ") if guess == secret: print("You guessed it!") break else: print("Nope, try again...") What's messed up about the above code is you never really go back to the top in the case where you'd get to leave. Rather, you exit by the back door, through break. So in that case, wouldn't have been simpler and more elegant, even more "correct" (dare I say it) to have gone: while True: # no ifs ands or buts guess = int(input("Guess?: ") if guess == secret: print("You guessed it!") break else: print("Nope, try again...") I see lots of heads nodding, and that could be the end of the matter, but then a next question arises: wouldn't this also be a more correct solution?: while guess != secret: guess = int(input("Guess?: ") if guess == secret: print("You guessed it!") continue # instead of break else: print("Nope, try again...") We're back to having a variable while condition, not a boolean constant, but this time we actually exit by means of it, thanks to continue or... while guess != secret: guess = int(input("Guess?: ") if guess == secret: print("You guessed it!") else: print("Nope, try again...") ... thanks to no continue. This last one is getting a thumbs up, but then I'd pause here and say "continue" can be easier on the eyes. It's unambiguous where it takes you, in contrast to having to scan on down the gauntlet, looking for possibly other open doors. "What happens next" should not require scanning ahead too far. Help us not to get lost. Be a civic-minded coder. I'm thinking of a programming style that advises two things: (a) if you use a while condition that's variable, that's expected to change, then your goal should be to always exit because of that, i.e. that should be your only exit point. Even if some other criterion suggests exiting, you have the option to flip that "lid" at the top, to crack that front door, and bounce the ball out. (b) which is why 'continue' is your friend. You are showing the user where your 'break' statements are, except you don't use "break" statements, as you've given a non-constant condition, and your aim is to make that your ONLY exit point. In short: never use break to exit a while loop unless your condition is while True. Instead, always flip the condition and exit through the font door. However, as soon as I make that rule I can think of good reasons to break it. The other programmers in the room are shaking their heads. Won't we lose information, needed elsewhere in the program, if we "artificially" force a True condition to False. Aren't we, in effect, lying? That concern could be addressed. Keep all the info true, just treat the "lid condition" (it "keeps a lid on it") as a flag. Go ahead and remember the user's guess. allowed = 5 tries = 1 exit = False while not exit: # no other way out guess = int(input("Guess?: ") if guess == secret: print("You guessed it!") exit = True # instead of break continue print("Nope, try again...") tries += 1 if tries == allowed: print("You've maxed out") exit = True continue I think we all understand the main issue: writing reader-friendly code, and rules for doing so. There's something comforting about approaching a while loop and knowing its not a leaky sieve, riddled with back doors, maybe even an exit( ) time bomb. But in the recursion world we want a minimum of two exits usually: when another round is called for versus when we've "hit bottom". Can we have it both ways? Conclusions: Lets not be too hasty with rules of thumb and: Lets keep the reader in mind when writing code. Just because the interpreter knows to compute the flow unambiguously, doesn't mean all ways of writing it are equally reader-friendly. What may seem a gratuitous gesture, an unnecessary flourish, may actually promote reader comprehension of your code, and that should be a goal as much as satisfying the interpreter. Kirby

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Information and assistance
by Kelly Paredes Dec. 6, 2022

Dec. 6, 2022

Hi, I am happy that this SIG was formed. I assisted in hosting the Educational Summit at Pycon21 last year with Sean Tibor. I am a Middle School Teacher at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, FL, US. I teach Python to middle school students, 11-15yrs old. We also host a podcast called Teaching Python. https://www.teachingpython.fm/ <https://www.teachingpython.fm/> If there is anything that we can help with, please feel free to contact me. Kind Regards, Kelly

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MineCraft with Python
by Jurgis Pralgauskis Dec. 4, 2022

Dec. 4, 2022

Hi, intro: many kids like MineCraft :) probably you know/heared of MineCraft Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/getting-started-with-minecraft-pi/ But there seems to be Py for real MC http://coderdojotc.readthedocs.io/projects/python-minecraft/en/latest/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Python-coding-for-Minecraft/ PS.: a nice article (from js4MC world) https://github.com/walterhiggins/ScriptCraft/blob/master/docs/YoungPersonsG… -- Jurgis Pralgauskis tel: 8-616 77613; Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;) http://galvosukykla.lt

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Make Minecraft in Python
by Cabal Owen Dec. 2, 2022

Dec. 2, 2022

Before learning, how to Make Minecraft in Python, let’s see what is Minecraft Game. Minecraft is a popular video game that is enjoyed by many enthusiasts. It is a 3D block game in which players may interact with and manipulate the environment. It also has a story mode and is an adventure game. Minecraft is a voxel-based game. And what this truly implies is that every single block in Minecraft is a voxel. So these are the things we must make ourselves. So let’s get right to work on our coding. Step 1. Modules and libraries for Make Minecraft in Python To make this Minecraft game in Python, we will utilize the ursina Python module. It is a Python cross-platform game creation package similar to PyGame. To install this library, start a terminal or command prompt in the project folder and paste the following command. pip install ursina Step 2. importing library Import the Ursina Engine and all the Textures that we will require in the future. from ursina import * from ursina.prefabs.first_person_controller import FirstPersonController app = Ursina() grass_texture = load_texture('assets/grass_block.png') stone_texture = load_texture('assets/stone_block.png') brick_texture = load_texture('assets/brick_block.png') dirt_texture = load_texture('assets/dirt_block.png') sky_texture = load_texture('assets/skybox.png') arm_texture = load_texture('assets/arm_texture.png') punch_sound = Audio('assets/punch_sound',loop = False, autoplay = False) block_pick = 1 To load the textures and block you need to download the Assets folder and paste it where your Minecraft code Python file is stored. Now there are a few things we need to do to make this all work, and let’s start by making actual cubes that we can utilize. This will be the most significant modification that we can do. It would appear appropriate if we applied a more appropriate texture to it. To do that we created a couple of textures. Step 3. Making Voxel(Cubes) for Minecraft in Python class Voxel(Button): def __init__(self, position = (0,0,0), texture = grass_texture): super().__init__( parent = scene, position = position, model = 'assets/block', origin_y = 0.5, texture = texture, color = color.color(0,0,random.uniform(0.9,1)), scale = 0.5) The third step is to build a new class for each voxel that we want to construct, therefore the class name will be voxel. And it derives from the button class. The basic explanation is that anytime I click on a voxel, I want to make another voxel just adjacent to it. So I need to know where each voxel is in relation to which button. And in here, we need our init method again and nothing else for the time being, and we also need the super method with an underscore to init. And now we must supply a few parameters, the first of which is parent, as shown above. The next stage would be to find a position, and the current status is (0,0). Next, I’d want to make a model of what the object would look like. And for the time being, this one will be a cube (parameters), but we may use different forms. The next step is to pass origin_y so that the height and 3D space of this cube are effectively (0.5), and the final and most crucial item is texture and color. And both of these things multiplied. Step 4. Making Minecraft Arena for z in range(20): for x in range(20): voxel = Voxel(position = (x,0,z)) Now that we have everything, we need to create a button for it. The cube’s current positions are x, y, and z. (0,0,0). To create individual voxels, we must first create a for loop in which the voxel is set. And if you need to make it bigger, increase 35 by 35. One of the current issues with this game is that if you add too many of these fields, the game may slow down. As a result, there would be a significant amount of optimization work to be done. Step 5. Creating First person Controller(FPC) from ursina.prefabs.first_person_controller import FirstPersonController player = FirstPersonController() The question is how we can develop a first-person character in all of this. and ursina makes this super simple. Because it comes with a number of preset classes that we may utilize to construct a first-person character. We don’t really have to do anything about it. And really, all we have to do is import something else first, which is from ursina. prefabs.first_person_ controller. This is not by default imported into Oceana, so we have to do it ourselves, but once we do it, all we have to do to create FPC (First Person Character) is to create a new variable where we store and then call FPC. Step 6. Making Interactive UI for Minecraft Python Edition def input(self,key): if self.hovered: if key == 'left mouse down': punch_sound.play() if block_pick == 1: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = grass_texture) if block_pick == 2: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = stone_texture) if block_pick == 3: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = brick_texture) if block_pick == 4: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = dirt_texture) if key == 'right mouse down': punch_sound.play() destroy(self) What we need to find out now is how to make this all more interactive. We must also create and destroy blocks, which will be really simple. Basically I have written some of these code on my project https://enterprise.affle.com/mobile-app-development also. Because what we want to accomplish is, when you push the voxel button, we want to construct a new block at that location. We develop an input function to do this. Make some transmissions as well. And then make a to change voxel for voxel texture Step 7. Changing Different Textures for Coding Minecraft in Python def update(): global block_pick if held_keys['left mouse'] or held_keys['right mouse']: hand.active() else: hand.passive() if held_keys['1']: block_pick = 1 if held_keys['2']: block_pick = 2 if held_keys['3']: block_pick = 3 if held_keys['4']: block_pick = 4 To make Minecraft with python, we need to change the cube texture, and for changing the cube texture here we created a loop by clicking one to four keys to alter the voxel texture by Left click and destroying it with the right key. In simple words. If we press any of these buttons this block pick gets a different number. Step 8. Creating the Sky class Sky(Entity): def __init__(self): super().__init__( parent = scene, model = 'sphere', texture = sky_texture, scale = 150, double_sided = True) There are three other components that can significantly help to convey the game. The first is a Sky Box, the second is a Hand, and the third is noises. And let us take them one step at a time in Minecraft coding Python. The first is a skybox, which we emulated in our game by creating a huge sphere with a sky texture. To do this, we will construct a new class named Sky. Step 9. Make an FPC Hand class Hand(Entity): def __init__(self): super().__init__( parent = camera.ui, # This 3D space for Our UI and 2D space for our camera model = 'assets/arm', texture = arm_texture, scale = 0.2, rotation = Vec3(150,-10,0), #vec3 is represent 3D space and the parameters are for position(x,y,z) position = Vec2(0.4,-0.6)) #vec2 is represent 2D space and the parameters are for position(x,y,z) def active(self): self.position = Vec2(0.3,-0.5) def passive(self): self.position = Vec2(0.4,-0.6) Now the next thing we will going to need is a hand and this one is purely decorative. It does not do anything besides simulating having a hand it’s a straightforward thing by creating a class called hand, this one is also going to be an entity. Complete code to Make Minecraft Game in Python    from ursina import * from ursina.prefabs.first_person_controller import FirstPersonController app = Ursina() grass_texture = load_texture('assets/grass_block.png') stone_texture = load_texture('assets/stone_block.png') brick_texture = load_texture('assets/brick_block.png') dirt_texture = load_texture('assets/dirt_block.png') sky_texture = load_texture('assets/skybox.png') arm_texture = load_texture('assets/arm_texture.png') punch_sound = Audio('assets/punch_sound',loop = False, autoplay = False) block_pick = 1 window.fps_counter.enabled = False #To Disable the FPS Counter window.exit_button.visible = False #To Remove the exit(close) Button def update(): global block_pick if held_keys['left mouse'] or held_keys['right mouse']: hand.active() else: hand.passive() if held_keys['1']: block_pick = 1 if held_keys['2']: block_pick = 2 if held_keys['3']: block_pick = 3 if held_keys['4']: block_pick = 4 class Voxel(Button): def __init__(self, position = (0,0,0), texture = grass_texture): super().__init__( parent = scene, position = position, model = 'assets/block', origin_y = 0.5, texture = texture, color = color.color(0,0,random.uniform(0.9,1)), scale = 0.5) def input(self,key): if self.hovered: if key == 'left mouse down': punch_sound.play() if block_pick == 1: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = grass_texture) if block_pick == 2: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = stone_texture) if block_pick == 3: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = brick_texture) if block_pick == 4: voxel = Voxel(position = self.position + mouse.normal, texture = dirt_texture) if key == 'right mouse down': punch_sound.play() destroy(self) class Sky(Entity): def __init__(self): super().__init__( parent = scene, model = 'sphere', texture = sky_texture, scale = 150, double_sided = True) class Hand(Entity): def __init__(self): super().__init__( parent = camera.ui, model = 'assets/arm', texture = arm_texture, scale = 0.2, rotation = Vec3(150,-10,0), position = Vec2(0.4,-0.6)) def active(self): self.position = Vec2(0.3,-0.5) def passive(self): self.position = Vec2(0.4,-0.6) for z in range(20): for x in range(20): voxel = Voxel(position = (x,0,z)) player = FirstPersonController() sky = Sky() hand = Hand() app.run()

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