Advice on teaching a 1 day Python class

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Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> djw wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been asked (OK, I volunteered) to teach a one day class on 
>> Python to
>> a group of software engineers (typ. experience would be C, C++ and/or 
>> Java
>> programming) at my company. I am fairly experienced with Python and could
>> probably come up with some reasonable content, but I was wondering if
>> anyone had any nuggets that I could dig up that would get me started? 
>> I was
>> thinking that somebody has probably done this before and may have a
>> slideset, class notes, or some such thing available for sharing. I have
>> just about every Python book available, but I don't really think I could
>> get through an entire book in one day, even in condessed form. My goal is
>> to get people enough familiarity and confidence to get started using 
>> Python
>> on their next project without hesitation. (World domination is a 
>> secondary
>> goal.)
>>
>> Any thoughts and/or suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
> 
> Skip the stuff that is common to these languages (simple control flow,
> while and for statements, etc.) and spend time on how Python _differs_
> (and is better than) the other languages the audience already knows.
> Demonstrate the virtues of:
> 
> Indented Coding
> List Comprehensions
> Generators/Iterators
> Complex/Heterogeneous Data Structures using List, Tuples, and Dicts
> Ability for running program to take Python code as input and interpret/
>   execute it.
> Batteries Included

Given the targeted audience (C/C++/Java programmers), I would add 
Dynamic typing to the above list...

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