[Edu-sig] Starting Python

[Dethe Elza]

On 17-Jan-06, at 7:27 AM, Winston Wolff wrote:

> If you are using Mac OS X, you might like MakeBot.app, my  
> simplified IDE for teaching.  It is a very easy to use interface to  
> Python, easing the learning curve to write your first program.   
> I.e. you can teach them just one line of code and execute it,  
> without having to explain command line interfaces.  Not that  
> command line interfaces are bad, just that it's a lot to learn when  
> starting.
>
> 	http://stratolab.com/misc/makebot

MakeBot looks interesting, but I don't see any documentation for it.   
The web page claims it was inspired by DrawBot, but that DrawBot is  
specialized for only 2D images, which implies that MakeBot does more,  
but doesn't say what that more is.  Sprites? Animation? 3D? Sound?

I'd love to learn more about it.

--Dethe

"I started with nothing, and I still have most of it."  -- Steven Wright