[Edu-sig] HS Example problems [Programming Challenges]

[Danny Yoo]

> >2) Good examples and problems for projects
> >
> If you've not already checked it out, my CS1 textbook might be
> appropriate for you. See http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python if you're
> interested.


By the way, has anyone seen "Programming Challenges" yet?

    http://www.programming-challenges.com/pg.php?page=index

Springer has recently published a book of "challenges", and so far, all
the challenges I've read are interesting and approachable.  The material
focuses on concrete problems and techniques that programmers encounter all
the time.  And many of the examples motivate the programmer to use
techniques like sentinels, sorting, and good case analysis.

Please forgive me for gushing so much, but I'm very impressed by the
concrete content in the book.  I feel that the exercises are perfectly
applicable for someone who's learning Python.


Hope this helps!