Re: [Tutor] graphics library for teaching Python

2018-12-21 Thread Mike Barnett
tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] graphics library for teaching Python On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 9:15 AM Mike Barnett mailto:mike_barn...@hotmail.com>> wrote: >There are two sub-topics I'm interested in - (1) graphics, as in drawing >interesting pictures or art, or

Re: [Tutor] graphics library for teaching Python

2018-12-21 Thread Michael Mossey
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 9:15 AM Mike Barnett wrote: > >There are two sub-topics I'm interested in - (1) graphics, as in drawing > interesting pictures or art, or using diagrams for data visualization. (2) > Simple games, with the use of sprites. > > Can you post some images of similar programs /

Re: [Tutor] graphics library for teaching Python

2018-12-21 Thread Mike Barnett
>There are two sub-topics I'm interested in - (1) graphics, as in drawing >interesting pictures or art, or using diagrams for data visualization. (2) >Simple games, with the use of sprites. Can you post some images of similar programs / graphics you are wanting to create? It would be extremely

Re: [Tutor] graphics library for teaching Python

2018-12-21 Thread Cranky Frankie
Tutor@python.org: "I'm a computer science tutor and I'm asking advice about a graphics or game library that can be used with Python effectively for teaching purposes." Michael Dawson's "Python Programming for Absolute Beginners" uses PyGame. Might be worth a look. On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 3:26 A

Re: [Tutor] graphics library for teaching Python

2018-12-21 Thread Adam Eyring
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 3:26 AM Michael Mossey wrote: > > There are two sub-topics I'm interested in - (1) graphics, as in drawing > interesting pictures or art, or using diagrams for data visualization. (2) > Simple games, with the use of sprites. > One that hasn't been mention in yours and Alan'

Re: [Tutor] graphics library for teaching Python

2018-12-21 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 21/12/2018 04:16, Michael Mossey wrote: > I'm a computer science tutor and I'm asking advice about a graphics or game > library that can be used with Python effectively for teaching purposes. I'll start by saying that Python is not the berst programming language for graphics. However there are