Homework help requested (not what you think!)
Steven D'Aprano
steve at pearwood.info
Wed Jul 17 02:51:12 EDT 2013
On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:43:45 -0700, John Ladasky wrote:
> The kids all claim to be interested. They all want to write the next
> great 3D video game. Thus, I'm a little surprised that the kids don't
> actually try to sit down and code without me prompting them. I think
> that they're disappointed when I show them how much they have to
> understand just to write a program that plays Tic Tac Toe.
I morn the death of Hypercard :(
http://www.loper-os.org/?p=568
Using Hypercard was like using Lego. You could literally copy and paste
buttons from one app to another -- not code, the actual GUI button -- to
copy their functionality.
You could try Pythoncard:
http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/
> So, what I am seeking are suggestions for programming assignments that I
> can give to brand-new students of Python. Please keep in mind that none
> of them are even up to the task of a simple algorithm like Bubble Sort
> -- at least, not yet.
Alas, I don't think there is *any* system for GUI programming that comes
even close to what is needed to keep the majority of new students
interested. But you might have some success with text-based games. Here
are two suggestions:
- guess the number
- twenty questions ("is it bigger than a breadbox?")
You might also like to investigate Inform-7.
http://inform7.com/
--
Steven
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