[Tutor] Nifty

[Matt Williams]

I'd be interested,

Matt
On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 11:01, tutor-request at python.org wrote:
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> From: Brian van den Broek <bvande at po-box.mcgill.ca>
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> Hi all,
> 
> A while ago, in a response:
> 
> Danny Yoo said unto the world upon 2004-11-29 17:14:
> > 
> > I just got in contact with Nick Parlante of the Nifty Assignments
> > project; he's been collecting material on fun projects:
> > 
> > http://nifty.stanford.edu/
> > 
> > The projects there look pretty nice.  In fact, I'm thinking of
> > adapting material on that page for us here on Python-Tutor.
> > 
> > Is there a particular project that sounds interesting to folks? 
> > Personally, I'm interested in:
> > 
> > http://nifty.stanford.edu/catandmouse/html/
> > 
> > But that's only because I helped tutor it back when I was at
> > Berkeley's Self-Paced Center...  *grin* But if people want, I'd be
> > happy to convert Professor Clancy's support code from C++ to Python.
> 
> 
> I've got a suggestion: would there be any interest among list members in 
> picking one of the assignments, working on it, and then doing a code 
> comparison/critique?
> 
> When Danny posted, I did <http://nifty.stanford.edu/2003/randomwriter/>. 
> I thought about posting what I had done to the list and inviting such 
> comment/criticism, but was dissuaded by two things: 1) once I'd got my 
> code to a reasonable polish, with docstrings and all, it seemed a bit 
> long to just plunk onto the list, and, 2) I suspect much of the 
> interest, fun, and learning might well emerge from having a go at the 
> task and then seeing what others came up with. If I posted mine 
> unannounced, others wouldn't have the chance to go at the problem fresh.
> 
> What do others think?
> 
> I wonder if the length of code, the possible undesirability of a bunch 
> of answers to a collection of homework problems getting posted, and 
> other considerations might make this better as an off-list endeavour. 
> I'd be interested in doing it either here or on private channels. (If 
> there was interest and we opt for private, I could probably get my uni 
> to let me set up an unarchived listserv for the purpose.)
> 
> Best to all,
> 
> Brian vdB
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