[Edu-sig] docs.tutorial function example - too complicated

[roberto]

Give a try to:
codecademy
or
learnstreet

Much easier to start, much more engaging to continue.
Going to test it with youngsters.


On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Jurgis Pralgauskis <
jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> currently more and more schools are trying Py,
> so studens read tutorial docs from time to time...
> and one of main programming (architecture) subjects starts with quite
> a mathematical and unpractical example..
>
> http://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#defining-functions
> It's like teaching to pilot airplane, prior to bicycle and car :)
>
>
> I'd propose some simple examples at first:
> like in
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_3/Defining_Functions
> or http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/functions/
>
> def greeting( person ):
>        print( "Hello", person )
>
> def add(a, b):
>       result = a+b
>       return result
>
> z = add(3, 5)
> # could aslso graphically show, how data (arguments/results) travel
> # as in C++ example
>
>
> def absolute_value(n):
>     if n < 0:
>         n = -n
>     return n
>
> def count_down( n ):
>      while n > 0:
>         print( n )
>         n = n-1
>
> def average( mylist ):
>     return sum(mylist) / len(mylist)
>
> def decide_on_scholarship( marks ):
>     avg = average(marks)
>     if avg > 9.5:
>         return 1000
>     elif avg >= 8:
>         return 200
>     else:
>         return 0
>
>
> Maybe there is some other list, where it would be more appropriate to
> discuss this?
> --
> Jurgis Pralgauskis
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Roberto
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