[Tutor] TurboGears - and some issues

2005-11-14 Thread Terry Kemmerer
TurboGears sounds pretty good. But, from the write up, TurboGears appears to be for MAC only. Or am I misreading the write up? Terry ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] Newbie Anxiety

2005-11-11 Thread Terry Kemmerer
Ah, memory lane time again :-) Oh, you had advanced BASIC - it allowed nested for loops! :-) My first BASIC only allowed for loops that could be written in a single line...Anything more complex you had to call a subroutine with GOSUB. Ha! Yes! As Monte Python would say, "Well..It got

[Tutor] Newbie Anxiety

2005-11-10 Thread Terry Kemmerer
path to the goal in advance of launching the ship, and nowhere do I find as much potential in the view I gained, than python affords. Which is why I am braving the waters of SOMETHING DIFFERENT, that is MUCH BETTER! And n =+ 1 is an abbreviation that warms my heart to see! Thanks, Terry On T

[Tutor] Newbie Anxiety

2005-11-10 Thread Terry Kemmerer
I want to thank everyone for their responses. This has help tremendously to ease my mind. Thanks! Branching in the program, is actually my real anxiety, as I have been feeling the void, (maybe that should be WITHDRAWALS!) as I am working my way through How To Think Like a Computer Scientist

[Tutor] Newbie Anxiety

2005-11-10 Thread Terry Kemmerer
Fri, 2005-11-11 at 11:49 +1300, John Fouhy wrote: On 11/11/05, Terry Kemmerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on Ch. 5, "Fruitful Functions", or "How To Think Like A > Computer Scientist" and I still can't count. > (Don't laugh! I

[Tutor] Newbie Anxiety

2005-11-10 Thread Terry Kemmerer
I'm working on Ch. 5, "Fruitful Functions", or "How To Think Like A Computer Scientist" and I still can't count. (Don't laugh! I can't play the violin either...) In Basic, I would have said: 10  x = x + 1 :  print x : goto 10 run 1 2 3 etc I don't know why, but this great UNKNOWN bother

[Tutor] Can anyone help me?

2005-10-28 Thread Terry Kemmerer
> >If I create a program that randomly draws 6 numbers, its like the lottery. > >According to an article I read in Reader's Digest, if you get a Quick Pick > >- which is six numbers at random - you increase your odds of winning. > > Odds are how many tickets you buy relative to how many t

[Tutor] Lost Color Lost Mind]

2005-09-22 Thread Terry Kemmerer
> Just learning Python > > Running: > > Python 2.4.1 (#2, Aug 25 2005, 18:20:57) > [GCC 4.0.1 (4.0.1-2mdk for Mandriva Linux > release 2006.0)] on > linux2 > > Concerning: IDLE > > I tried several fonts, and finally changed the font > on IDLE to courier > size 22 bol

[Tutor] Lost Color Lost Mind

2005-09-22 Thread Terry Kemmerer
Just learning Python Running:     Python 2.4.1 (#2, Aug 25 2005, 18:20:57)     [GCC 4.0.1 (4.0.1-2mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0)] on linux2 Concerning: IDLE I tried several fonts, and finally changed the font on IDLE to courier size 22 bold, so that it is easier for my

[Tutor] Aschenputtel problem - Shorter is not better?

2005-09-15 Thread Terry Kemmerer
"Bearing in mind that shorter is not necessarily better..." Wouldn't shorter, as a rule of thumb, as in less language statements, mean fewer executions, and therefore faster? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mai

Re: [Tutor] More IDE's (was: Boa-Constructor)

2005-09-14 Thread Terry Kemmerer
Thanks. This was going to be another question of mine, as to what was wrong with going the Emacs and Vim directions. Terry On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 09:40 -0400, George Flaherty wrote: Yeah, I have been using PyDev with Eclipse. It is pretty good, since with the latest version the debugger is

[Tutor] Boa-Constructor

2005-09-12 Thread Terry Kemmerer
-Constructor because it is written with wxPython and it is wxPython that I will be using on my eventual project, I think.  Although, so far, no one has responded to my usability question concerning Boa-Constructor yet. Terry On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 18:57 -0500, nephish wrote: Terry Kemmerer

[Tutor] Boa-Constructor

2005-09-12 Thread Terry Kemmerer
Hey Guys, I am trying to pick an IDE, and it seems to me that Boa-Constructor has great potential. However, in searching google looking to see what others have said, I am reading that the latest version of Boa-Constructor is unstable at best and crashes a lot.being said, at least, by those