Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.046 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.91; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'preferably': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'class,': 0.07; 'python': 0.11; '3.3,': 0.16; 'assignments.': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'patience': 0.16; 'subject:son': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'versions': 0.24; 'url:edu': 0.26; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'went': 0.31; '13,': 0.31; '3.x': 0.31; 'material.': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209.85.220': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'google': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; "he's": 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'resource': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; '12,': 0.39; 'support,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'future': 0.60; "google's": 0.60; 'john': 0.61; 'course': 0.61; 'provide': 0.64; 'road': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'believe': 0.68; 'subject:wants': 0.74; 'experiences,': 0.84; 'prefers': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91; 'before?': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=7o2SZotYkxlX9E+xchgPWCio27Dx2VYWUxiJUP1IcjA=; b=C1ud7TNk/ILZBQ8D4UNEFgAPYhGFDm5RGBxGFsnplFks8TBmQsut2sDO+u5FPrzGn/ qv5JwJf1gGRuHNeZdMnAnx5GU3mBcjqFMHq+9y3/ccS1c12/pDPtqwuBmZ69cLFSn32V abBjGrMLF/WWa3BtQg5Hqta+ENXciq9/Lh8Q6o6II3LMORkvg9tQ16zP5KBp2qRnu+QA MUp4DcNiIC6v6gExa8CUSTLISz3iT9TZfkseAOCWcwRmccw/T8NYzG1jbj6VzSQNJHUY LJDovanCycDkSyd1xGjdwkccQQM/ShCmrmFf4dGCXLI8EcNC3ifmPN4WbMgta+MAOWtB 6aMQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.255.199 with SMTP id as7mr10396426ved.23.1371069255138; Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:34:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <575a3a4c-b99f-43b4-aa2b-84dfaf3e89b4@googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:34:15 +1000 Subject: Re: My son wants me to teach him Python From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371069257 news.xs4all.nl 15931 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55281 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:47847 On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 5:46 AM, John Ladasky >> wrote: >> > He's a smart kid, but prefers to be shown, to be tutored, rather than >> > having the patience to sit down and RTFM. Have any of you been down this >> > road before? I would appreciate it if you would share your experiences, or >> > provide resource material. >> > > > > There is a google course in python on videos. I believe it has time outs > for doing assignments. Here is where you go to get started > https://developers.google.com/edu/python/ Went digging to see what version they support, and found it - buried - and with some FUD: https://developers.google.com/edu/python/set-up "For Google's Python Class, you want a python version that is 2.4 or later, and avoiding the 3.x versions for now is probably best." I would recommend going with Python 3, preferably 3.3, because that's the future of Python. Unless you have a good reason for sticking with 2.x, go with 3.x. ChrisA