10 minutes of code Slow book chat TINspire

[Jody Crothers]

Hi all, sorry for the cross posting

season's greetings, we are expecting 41C, 106F weather in Perth this Christmas, so no snow and probably a swim in the ocean or pool.

I was wondering if anyone wanted to learn python along with me?

I want to do python and innovator activities but will need to start with the basics. I am confident with TI Basic by python is new to me.

I was thinking a slow book chat form. Select a unit to do set a date range for doing it and chat about our experiences as we try. Maybe convince some people with some more experience to follow along with us.

Doing the learning together with others may also help keep us accountable.

https://education.ti.com/en/activities/ti-codes/python/ti-nspire-cx-ii

We could chat on list , start a new one for the chat, or use twitter as share our experiences with the world.

Thoughts?

Jody Crothers

Head of Learning Area (Mathematics)

Ridge View Secondary College

Western Australia

www.jodstar.com

[Brad Posnanski]

Jody,

Sounds good.  Always better to learn with a group!

Brad

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[Todd Graba]

I’m in too!

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[Casey Gannon]

Yes please!

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[John Hanna]

For those eager to learn Python…

 

Go to www.python.org and download Python for your computer. It includes the free IDLE Editor and runtime Shell for your computer and adds Python folders to your  environment search path. (This desktop Python includes a turtle module, too. TI’s turtle for CX II and CE Python is a subset of this module.) This is also THE place for all official python documentation. Note: I modified my IDLE preferences so that ctrl-R runs the program just like the CX II.

 

I have attached a sample program that just uses generic python code. It’s a text-based adventure game and does not use any modules unique to the TI platforms so it can ‘run anywhere’ (that python is installed). It just uses a while loop with input, if  and print statements. Change the extension from ‘.pi’ to ‘.py’ * to use it in desktop Python. You can copy the code from the IDLE Editor to a blank Python program in the CXII Software and run it there without changes. To use it on CE Python use TI-Connect or TI-Smartview and drag the .py file to the Explorer workspace.

 

When I’m stuck on a particular feature such as string.format(), I just ‘Google it’:

       

www.w3schools.org is very helpful with examples.

 

CXII and CE Python are a subset of desktop Python so not all Python tools are available.

CXII Python is based on https://micropython.org/

and CE Python is based on https://circuitpython.org/.

Note that not all functions are listed on the python menus in CX II or CE Python.

 

* email clients do not like to share ‘.py’ files because they are executable code. You could also embed your .py file in a .zip file to share it.

 

Glad to help,

Do good,

     John

[Robin Gapinski]

Count me in too:)

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[Adam Pennell]

It sounds like fun! I would love to participate!

Adam

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Great idea, Jody. Count me in.

Karlheinz