[Aslug] ASLUG: Meeting April 13th.
Adrian Casey
agc at agcasey.com
Sun Apr 10 19:20:01 UTC 2005
I've long believed that python is the best language to use to introduce
children to programming. I recently read about a wonderful module included
with most python distibutions called "turtle". The idea is to get the turtle
to draw interesting patterns by issuing instructions in python.
Here's a quick sample -:
python
>>> import turtle
>>> turtle.forward(100)
>>> turtle.right(90)
>>>> turtle.forward(100)
You get the idea. Of course, you can use loops as per standard python -:
>>> for i in range(4):
... turtle.forward(100)
... turtle.left(90)
I'll leave it up to you to see what the result it. Anyway, at the next
meeting, I thought we could have a talk about how to get kids interested in
programming. The python turtle is one excellent example. What others are
available in the opensource world?
See you Wednesday, 19:00 at the Scout Hall.
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Cheers.
Adrian Casey.
Alice Springs Linux User Group
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