[Year 12 SofDev] Computer hardware at home

Tue Apr 14 08:22:12 UTC 2020

Hi All

I use visual studio on an OLD mac (mid 2012).  in the past I used Virtual Box  FREE open source
The only issue I ever had was that I had to sleep the virtual windows machine BEFORE i put the mac to sleep

After a few years (and a part time job on the side to earn money) I splashed and purchased a VMware licence. It IS better

VMware behaves like a mac app and sleeps the virtual machine seamlessly.

The new virtual box appears better than in the old days and it is FREE. 

Any students doing sof dev should be able to handle the install themselves without issues

The old mac has an SSD in the DVD drive position and extra RAM so runs quite well.

Andrew
Sunbury SC for 2020 at 0.7

> On 14 Apr 2020, at 1:42 pm, Mike Fitzpatrick <michael.fitzpatrick at carey.com.au> wrote:
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> Hi
> For a Python GUI the best and simplest is PySimple, it can be learnt and used in 30 minutes. Very suitable for year 12 and down to beginners.
> Just download the package into PyCharm – the best of the development software for Python.
> Mike
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> From: sofdev <sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au <mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au>> On Behalf Of Sarah Gale
> Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2020 1:29 PM
> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List <sofdev at edulists.com.au <mailto:sofdev at edulists.com.au>>
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Computer hardware at home
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> Hi all, 
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> All of my student (Unit 1) are Apple users so it’s been tricky trying to navigate a work around VB which is what I have come to find nearly everyone is using!
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> We are learning Python and we will use Python IDLE and Tkinter for GUI building. Certainly not as intuitive as VB but as we have no Windows machines, I have no choice! They all have Grok subscriptions and have completed the Python courses which a FABULOUS.
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> I’d LOVE to hook up with anyone else who is teaching Python – if you’re out there please get in touch!
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> Hang in there team! 
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> From: sofdev <sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au <mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au>> on behalf of Victoria Farrell <farrellv at stkevins.vic.edu.au <mailto:farrellv at stkevins.vic.edu.au>>
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> Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2020 at 1:19 pm
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Computer hardware at home
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> I'm going to suggest students with Apple machines who can't run Windows on them, to learn Python on Grok Learning. Grok is free till July.
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> On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 13:13, David B Thomas <david.b.thomas at rmit.edu.au <mailto:david.b.thomas at rmit.edu.au>> wrote:
> Hi,
> A couple of students are saying that they are unable to use Visual Studio on their Apple computers at home because they say that it runs differently on an Apple. Also, because of ongoing technical issues at the college, they are unable to use the copy available on the VPN.
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> Is it a requirement of the course that students have hardware at home so that they may practice their coding? What happens if this hardware breaks or is not suitable (Apple in this case)?
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> David.
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