[Aslug] ASLUG: Meeting April 13th.

[Adrian Casey]

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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