[Tutor] Python tutor

[Anna Ravenscroft]

On 3/27/06, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in> wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>    Are there any programs for python that offer an "interactive" tutorial?
> Something on the lines of the builtin emacs tutorial (which is
> basically just a buffer that tells you to try this and try that with
> itself) or the Inkscape tutorial (which is an SVG document that comes
> along with inkscape which has instructions on manipulating it so that
> the reader learns stuff). Another example that comes to mind is the
> tcltutor program to learn TCL. It contains an instruction window, a
> code window and an output window. The user is told something, they try
> it and the output is visible. I personally used it when I was learning
> TCL.
>
>    The python tutorial is great and probably all one needs to learn the
> language but I think a more interactive program to teach it might be
> useful. I googled a little and found Guido van Robot although I'm not
> sure if it's exactly like what I'm talking about. Are there any others?
> Do you all think it'll be a worthwhile project?



There are several of us on the edupython list who want something like this
but it hasn't (to my knowledge) been created yet. The best things out there
so far, are  livewires,  guido von robot, and rur-ple. If you're interested
in working on such a project, you're welcome to join us.
http://groups.google.com/group/edupython

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cordially,
Anna
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