[Baypiggies] Python course for non-programmer

[Tung Wai Yip]

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:58:50 -0800, wesley chun <wescpy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> import re
>>>
>>> def clean(msg, humor=3):
...     sentences = re.split(r'((?:\.|\?|!|\n\n)\s*)', msg)
...     capitalized = [s.capitalize() for s in sentences]
...     return ''.join(capitalized) + ' :)'*humor
...
>>> print clean("""donna,
...
... this is a good question.  on the flip side, i've developed what i
... think is a really good course called "Introduction to Programming".
... there is a "(using Python)" at the end, but i feel that it is not as
... much about Python as it is about programming in general.
...
... the problem is that i've had no venue in order to deliver the course.
... it's not something that i can just go and market, you know?  how do
... you contact or reach non-programmers to tell them about a programming
... class?  i can't very send anything to the mailing list or CLP, so most
... technical folks *are* programmers!  so although i am ready to teach
... such a course, i have yet to find a way to deliver it.
...
... """)
Donna,

This is a good question.  On the flip side, i've developed what i
think is a really good course called "introduction to programming".
There is a "(using python)" at the end, but i feel that it is not as
much about python as it is about programming in general.

The problem is that i've had no venue in order to deliver the course.
It's not something that i can just go and market, you know?  How do
you contact or reach non-programmers to tell them about a programming
class?  I can't very send anything to the mailing list or clp, so most
technical folks *are* programmers!  So although i am ready to teach
such a course, i have yet to find a way to deliver it.

  :) :) :)