[Tutor] Providing Solutions for all the Common Questions

[Hansen, Mike]

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> From: tutor-bounces+mike.hansen=atmel.com at python.org 
> [mailto:tutor-bounces+mike.hansen=atmel.com at python.org] On 
> Behalf Of Calvin Spealman
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:07 AM
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> Subject: [Tutor] Providing Solutions for all the Common Questions
> 
> There was a discussion in the #python channel over at 
> freenode about the common questions we seem to field daily. 
> These often revolve around problems a lot of people need 
> solutions for, and for which we have specific answers to we 
> always give. A lot of times this leads to teeth grinding as 
> we try to convince people about our advice. Why else are they 
> asking if they then argue with the answers they get? This 
> takes a lot of time and energy, so a number of us are 
> starting a project to produce tutorials, guides, and 
> explanations to back up a lot of these solutions.
> 
> For example, a lot of people look to write an irc bot when 
> they learn Python, and often they either plan or are 
> suggested to use Twisted. A tutorial specifically for this 
> need is being written.
> 
> We've decided to come here to organize this, as it seems to fit. 
> 
> 
> So there are some organizational issues to approach. I 
> thought AppEngine would be a good place to host everything, 
> so I've already registered pythonguides.appspot.com and plan 
> to throw up a basic Wiki to start. Going forward there are 
> some things I want to implement there to support our specific 
> needs. For now, its just a free host.
> 
> One other initial need is to collect the problems we need to 
> provide our solutions for. So, what do we people ask over and over?
> 
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A long time ago in a Python galaxy far far away, a tutor FAQ was written. It has been bounced around. I found it at http://effbot.org/pyfaq/tutor-index.htm. Some of these entries could use some updating. A basic wiki for these FAQs would be great.

Mike