Re: [Tutor] looking for a Python feature for computer teaching

2014-12-14 Thread memilanuk
I believe that Spyder (lightweight IDE often included in scientific python builds like Anaconda, WinPython, python(x,y)) has a variable explorer pane... I'd guess you could 'step' thru the program in debugger mode and watch the variables change in the explorer window. https://code.google.com/p

Re: [Tutor] looking for a Python feature for computer teaching

2014-12-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:29:08AM -0800, Pi Po wrote: > Want each interpreted line of code to introduce as a cells on > a spreadsheet window each new variable (or array) with its initialized > value, > and show the updated contents of each previously defined variable (or > array). I haven't use

Re: [Tutor] looking for a Python feature for computer teaching

2014-12-14 Thread Alan Gauld
On 14/12/14 19:29, Pi Po wrote: Want each interpreted line of code to introduce as a cells on a spreadsheet window each new variable (or array) with its initialized value, and show the updated contents of each previously defined variable (or array). I don;t know of any environment for any lang

[Tutor] looking for a Python feature for computer teaching

2014-12-14 Thread Pi Po
As a teacher I find python simple and effective. However, appreciate feedback from anyone who knows of a Python version with this feature: Want each interpreted line of code to introduce as a cells on a spreadsheet window each new variable (or array) with its initialized value, and show the updat