[Yr11 Information Technology] Python: Text, IDE, and version control

[Roland Gesthuizen]

This can help get you started, I will see if I can send you more.
     http://www.diigo.com/user/rgesthuizen/python

We had an amazing time in class this year, examining and modifying the
python code from ANUGA, a hydrodynamic package developed by Geoscience
Australia for 3D tsunami modelling on coastal villages etc. Enjoy :-)

Regards Roland

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Victor Rajewski <
victor.rajewski at jmss.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> We're planning on using python extensively through our VCE IT curriculum;
> I'm trying to get some pointers from people who have taught it (or other
> languages) in high school before. In particular, positive or negative
> feedback about any textbooks - we have a few (paid and free) in mind, but
> would like to hear any experiences.
>
> I want to use a decent IDE - does anyone have any recommendations? At the
> moment PyCharm is looking nice.
>
> Has anyone tried using a version control system (e.g. cvs, subversion,
> mercurial) with students of this age? I never even got taught that at uni,
> but it strikes me as a very useful tool to have some early introduction to -
> many students our year 10 class this year 'lost' lots of interesting work by
> saving 'over the top' of previous edits, without any versioning. Or would
> learning a system like this, at this stage, be too much overhead and
> overload? Integration of a VCS into the IDE would be a necessity to make
> making revisions easy.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Victor Rajewski
> IT Manager
> John Monash Science School
> +61 3 9902 9828
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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