More advanced levels with stunning examples

[Peter Bittner]

It would be nice to have a continuation of the learning levels. This could be:

• More (and more fascinating) examples of things to draw using (and thus practicing) the techniques learned in levels 1-4
• More general programming techniques and paradigms (data types, classes, decorators, etc.)
• Fun and useful tricks you can do (only) with Python (e.g. rename and reuse a function, monkey patching)
• GUI programming with Tk and wxPython

Sources of Inspiration (to be expanded)

• The LibreLogo blog -- shows some fascinating drawings
• Examples on Using Python -- e.g. animated text banners in the console

[Ram Rachum]

That'd be cool, yes. Of course, after there's a consistent build process that produces a Windows installer automatically.

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On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 12:13 PM Peter Bittner ***@***.***> wrote: It would be nice to have a continuation of the learning levels. This could be: - More (and more fascinating) examples of things to draw using (and thus practicing) the techniques learned in levels 1-4 - More general programming techniques and paradigms (data types, classes, decorators, etc.) - Fun and useful tricks you can do (only) with Python (e.g. rename and reuse a function, monkey patching) - GUI programming with Tk <https://docs.python.org/3/library/tk.html> and wxPython <https://wxpython.org/> Sources of Inspiration (to be expanded) - The LibreLogo blog <http://librelogo.org/en/> -- *shows some fascinating drawings* - Examples on Using Python <http://usingpython.com/programs/> -- *e.g. animated text banners in the console* — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#102>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AADdyrbcd-NDI99D2D9ZAI0nmNXE_NT5ks5ubhZJgaJpZM4Wqwiy> .

[Peter Bittner]

I stumbled across a sweet book on Ruby that has good storytelling and funny mentions of "Ruby's friends" (e.g. Django who has a snake pet called Python).

This may also relate to #63 as for coming up with attractive images.

[Peter Bittner]

Maybe it makes sense to collect information about efforts of other projects. Some that I stumble upon through my kids at school are:

• xLogo (video, Swiss german, seems to be pushed by ETH Zurich)
• TigerJython (seems similar to PythonTurtle)
• Logo (the original inventors?)

Any other projects we know? I'm sure there are plenty!

[Ram Rachum]

Peter, why spend so much effort brainstorming about this before there's a Windows installer? What good are any improvements to PythonTurtle if it's not usable by 99% of the users?

[Peter Bittner]

"Windows installer" is off-topic in the context of this issue; it's handled in #107. Let's discuss it there.