Re: [Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python :p:

2016-03-03 Thread Ben Finney
Lisa Hasler Waters writes: > Thanks to everyone for such great tips/advice! Feel free to write about your actual experience with choosing and teaching your students a tool, and let the Python forum know it https://www.python.org/community/lists/#comp-lang-python>. I for one would be very intere

Re: [Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python :p:

2016-03-03 Thread David Rock
* Alan Gauld [2016-03-03 11:02]: > On 03/03/16 09:31, Thomas C. Hicks wrote: > > On 03/03/2016 02:26 AM, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: > >> Could you please recommend the best Python tools for writing and running > >> our code for the long term? Also, we are hoping to find free tools! > >> > > Most pe

Re: [Tutor] recursivity and lists

2016-03-03 Thread Danny Yoo
Some code comments: The solution you have depends very much on mutation and side effects: I recommend you try to stay as functional as you can in this situation. By mixing mutation into the solution, there are certain things that the program is doing that isn't part of the traditional behavior of

Re: [Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python :p:

2016-03-03 Thread Lisa Hasler Waters
Thanks to everyone for such great tips/advice! Lisa On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 03/03/16 09:31, Thomas C. Hicks wrote: > > On 03/03/2016 02:26 AM, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: > >> Could you please recommend the best Python tools for writing and running > >> our code for

Re: [Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python :p:

2016-03-03 Thread Alan Gauld
On 03/03/16 09:31, Thomas C. Hicks wrote: > On 03/03/2016 02:26 AM, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: >> Could you please recommend the best Python tools for writing and running >> our code for the long term? Also, we are hoping to find free tools! >> > Most people on this list are a lot smarter than me so

Re: [Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python :p:

2016-03-03 Thread Thomas C. Hicks
On 03/03/2016 02:26 AM, Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: Could you please recommend the best Python tools for writing and running our code for the long term? Also, we are hoping to find free tools! Most people on this list are a lot smarter than me so there are probably good reasons for it but I have

Re: [Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python :p:

2016-03-03 Thread Thomas C. Hicks
Matt, As a physician myself just getting into the world of teaching computer programming I would be very interested to know what you teach to the doctors. Feel free to reply off list, would love to discuss this! === Thomas C. Hicks, MD, MPH Training Manager Gansu Gateway, Lanzhou

Re: [Tutor] Recommendations for best tool to write/run Python

2016-03-03 Thread Peter Otten
Lisa Hasler Waters wrote: > I am new to Python, as are my middle school students. We are using Python > 3.5.1 IDLE to write and run our (simple) code. However, this tool does not > seem to be the best way to write longer code or to be able to re-edit code > that has been saved/closed/reopened. Hi