Re: [Tutor] Coding Challenges

2012-05-21 Thread Bod Soutar
Pop onto http://ubuntuforums.org and find the programming talk sub-forum. One of the stickies there is an index of beginner programming challenges. It's a rolling process where the winner of the previous challenge posts a new one and then picks a winning entry who goes on to post the next challenge

Re: [Tutor] Coding Challenges

2012-05-21 Thread Chris Fuller
On Monday 21 May 2012, Martin A. Brown wrote: > Hello, > > : Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is > : accelerated when I've been asked to write scripts and deliver > : them in a specified time frame...Then, have those scripts > : critiqued. > : > : My question: Would the

Re: [Tutor] Coding Challenges

2012-05-21 Thread Martin A. Brown
Hello, : Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is : accelerated when I've been asked to write scripts and deliver : them in a specified time frame...Then, have those scripts : critiqued. : : My question: Would the moderators of this list be interested in : creating a mo

Re: [Tutor] Coding Challenges

2012-05-21 Thread wolfrage8...@gmail.com
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Malcolm Newsome wrote: > Hey all, > > Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is accelerated when > I've been asked to write scripts and deliver them in a specified time > frame...Then, have those scripts critiqued. > > My question: Would the moderato

[Tutor] Coding Challenges

2012-05-21 Thread Malcolm Newsome
Hey all, Being new to programming, I've found that my learning is accelerated when I've been asked to write scripts and deliver them in a specified time frame...Then, have those scripts critiqued. My question: Would the moderators of this list be interested in creating a monthly "challenge" of so