Re: ANN: Python training "text movies"

Date	2013-01-13 02:42 -0500
From	Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net>
Subject	Re: ANN: Python training "text movies"
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On 01/13/2013 02:28 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 1/13/2013 2:08 AM, Mitya  Sirenef wrote:
 >> On 01/13/2013 01:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
 >>> On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:11:53 -0500, AK wrote:
 >> >
 >> >> I don't know what to call these, so for now I'll call them "training
 >> >> text movies" until I come up with a better name..
 >> >>
 >> >> I hope these will be helpful, especially to new students of Python.
 >> >>
 >> >> http://lightbird.net/larks/tmovies.html
 >> >
 >> >
 >> > For the benefit of those who don't have web access at the moment, 
or who
 >> > don't like to click on random links they don't know anything about,
 >> would
 >> > you like to say a few words describing what "text movies" are, and how
 >> > you think these may be helpful?
 >> >
 >> >
 >> >
 >>
 >>
 >> Sure: they play back a list of instructions on use of string methods and
 >> list comprehensions along with demonstration in a mock-up of the
 >> interpreter with a different display effect for commands typed into (and
 >> printed out by) the interpeter. The speed can be changed and the
 >> playback can be paused.
 >
 > They are simulated videos of an interactive interpreter session, with
 > entered commands appearing all at once instead of char by char, and
 > with the extra features mentioned above. I presume the purported
 > advantage over an after-the-fact transcript is focusing watcher
 > attention on each entry and response.
 >

That is right; I would also add that it may be overwhelming for a newbie
to be reading through a large "wall of text" -- here you have blank
space after the current paragraph so the attention is focused even more
on the last few lines.

Additionally, since instructions scroll automatically, I can space them
out more than you would conventionally do in a manual.

  - mitya


-- 
Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/

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ANN: Python training "text movies" AK <andrei.avk@gmail.com> - 2013-01-13 00:11 -0500
  Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-13 06:35 +0000
    Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-13 02:08 -0500
      Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 23:30 -0800
        Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-21 03:26 -0500
    Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-01-13 02:28 -0500
    Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-13 02:42 -0500
    Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2013-01-13 06:38 -0800
      Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-01-14 07:34 +0100
        Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-14 01:56 -0500
          Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-01-19 10:32 +0100
            Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-19 14:02 -0500
              Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-01-20 18:37 +0100
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-01-20 18:41 +0100
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-01-20 18:54 +0100
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-20 13:34 -0500
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-01-21 09:07 +0100
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-21 03:31 -0500
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-01-21 12:30 +0100
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-21 17:31 -0500
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-21 03:38 -0500
                Re: ANN: Python training "text movies" Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-20 23:55 +0000

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