Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.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; 'interpreter': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'highlighting': 0.16; 'simplest': 0.16; 'syntax': 0.16; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'received:209.85.210.46': 0.30; 'received:mail-pz0-f46.google.com': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'anything': 0.34; 'numbers.': 0.34; 'to:name:python-list': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'using': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'teach': 0.70; 'nathan': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=iRn9jZEPTDkfa162kuLk2a1DtoQMniQm7jHMCljY6HY=; b=dpBvfDKhd7uezxP/iqLFBixLX6mG6i9Q2YaNUsEpIC+3/qLJwDBCo3+uO56dd8h4DV KJyDNEI7r+4GHtxdlSS6npYxbD34DCzUwrWQy4GvMD3NRmaTR21QRJIlcnVwj9kHB6VH YqLMTOreDdVmEFoGUd57lz30ipOotcPMm6zGg= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <06423dd7-4fbb-4e7a-b529-e697ea862b05@f11g2000yql.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:57:57 -0500 Subject: Re: Python education survey From: Nathan Rice To: python-list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: 6 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1324486688 news.xs4all.nl 6891 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51668 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:17676 +1 for IPython/%edit using the simplest editor that supports syntax highlighting and line numbers. I have found that Exploring/Prototyping in the interpreter has the highest ROI of anything I teach people. Nathan