Hi, KIrby, Love the IPython notebook. Great idea to create a notebook with all the Pi stuff, including the funny video. Peter On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:00 AM, <edu-sig-request@python.org> wrote:

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1. another code school tool ( + other topics) (kirby urner) 2. Pi Day Fun (3.14, 2016) (kirby urner) 3. Re: Pi Day Fun (3.14, 2016) (Matt Harrison)

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:25:46 -0700 From: kirby urner <kirby.urner@gmail.com> To: "edu-sig@python.org" <edu-sig@python.org> Subject: [Edu-sig] another code school tool ( + other topics) Message-ID: < CAPJgG3Q4aAkSkcsCFYfpsa1bAf5fou-xKcyEQmO0oXsspHXybQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

*COOL TOOL*:

Another tool I've been meaning to mention, apropos of recent threads:

http://www.freecodecamp.com/

I signed up for it wearing my PDX Code Guild hat [1], interested in "the competition" but then I'd say FreeCodeCamp is operating in a different ballpark, too distant from ours to be considered a direct competitor in our market (we do in-person boot camps).

FreeCodeCamp gives you thousands of DIY exercises across the several "full stack" topics, but also promotes Chat and Meetup modes, so yes, you'll actually start interacting with and maybe meeting some of your fellow trainees if you show initiative (self-filtering). Granted, some folks are too remote to easily join in-person meetups; urban lifestyles are more conducive to that mode.

As one climbs the ladder (I got off it for now, can't climb into every treehouse) the projects get more complex and this morning my Chatter Box is filled with talk of Cloud9 (apropos), where apparently they do deployment exercises.

*CODE SCHOOL CONSULTING*:

On another front, I'm very "not pushy" about Python, meaning in this context that if Vietnam code schools I'm advising prefer a MEAN stack (know what that is? I do), then more power to 'em. [2]

Far be it from me to say a pure JavaScript stack should be written off as 2nd class. These are spanking new technologies and we want willing guinea pigs to dive and and use them -- to their own advantage.

The theory is: if you learn how to learn then the tool chain you pick will stay variable, given new tools are coming in, yielding opportunities worth availing of.

So by all means, start with a MEAN stack and migrate to something else over time as you learn new tricks (there're always new ones to learn); just pick an entry point that works, includes a winning hand possibility, then maybe shuffle the deck and play a different hand (e.g. switch to something more Pythonic).

*LISTOWNER BUSINESS*:

if you dig into admin details you'll see I've made urner@alumni.princeton.edu a listowner however this may not prove optimum in the long run so don't be surprised if I switch back to my kirby.urner address at Gmail.

I've also posted from my work address with O'Reilly during the chapter when O'Reilly experimented with running a code school (oreillyschool.com), since closed.

Just helping document my activity, a geek thing to do.

I can't recall if I've posted from any other email addresses over the years. I go way back on edu-sig, but have only recently assumed any listowner duties.

Fortunately Naomi Ceder is co-piloting as listowner and has considerable experience (compared to me), listowning within Python.org, using Mailman in particular.

*YAY MAILMAN*:

I really like Mailman and am recommending it to at least one of my geek subcultures (one fairly new to the listserv concept in general -- yes, behind the times, stuck in 1790s mostly :-D).

Finding a service that lets us set up like what Python.org has, a set of Mailman listservs used for self-governance, is on my list of Things to Do in a role-playing -- or we say "hat wearing" -- capacity (@npym_it).

Happy Pi Day!

Kirby

[1] http://mean.io/#!/ M: MongoDB E: Express.js A: Angular.js N: Node.js

Funny: http://xkcd.com/1655/