Re: Digest for pythonireland@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 1 Topic

[Tony Henry]

thank you all for the ideas..................

On 6 January 2012 13:42, <python...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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 Anything happening in Sligo

Anto H <thenr...@gmail.com> Jan 05 04:38AM -0800  

Where to start ? this year i would like to try, with my 12 year old
son, to try to learn how to write and encourage him to write small
programs or a least to learn not to be afraid to try. Any advise out
there...... i am based in Sligo.


 

Michael Thompson <mich...@gmail.com> Jan 05 03:46PM  

> son, to try to learn how to write and encourage him to write small
> programs or a least to learn not to be afraid to try. Any advise out
> there...... i am based in Sligo.
 
 
"Invent your own computer games with Python" might be useful,
http://inventwithpython.com/.
 
Python Koans is an interactive tutorial for learning Python by making tests
pass, https://bitbucket.org/gregmalcolm/python_koans/wiki/Home
 
 
Michael


 

Paul Barry <paul.jam...@gmail.com> Jan 05 05:00PM  

Emmm, eh... check out Head First Programming:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Head-First-Programming-learners-programming/dp/0596802374/
 
I know... I know... a totally shameless plug. ;-)
 
A colleague in work let his 12 year old at it and he had a blast going
through the book.
 
And, of course, there's the added benefit that the authors are in the
same time-zone as you (although not in Sligo!!!), and we like
answering questions. :-)
 
 
Regards.
 
Paul.
 
 
 
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Padraic Harley <pad...@091labs.com> Jan 05 06:08PM  

Coderdojo <http://coderdojo.com/> Galway will be starting on February
4th. Runs on Saturdays. Might be something to pop down to every once in
a while?
 
On 05/01/12 17:00, Paul Barry wrote:
 
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