[Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 140, Issue 12

[Chalmer Lowe]

This tutorial at PyCon in the next few weeks will cover using Python to
manipulate Minecraft.
Not sure if this is on the Raspberry Pi version OR works against the
Desktop PC version of Minecraft.

On the Raspberry Pi, folks have been manipulating Minecraft environments
for years, but my understanding is that there were some differences that
prevent/limited portability to the Desktop variant.

https://us.pycon.org/2015/schedule/presentation/414/

Also see the Raspberry Pi version:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/updates-to-minecraft-documentation/


Chalmer Lowe, MS

President, Dark Art of Coding
http://darkartofcoding.com/

Chairman, Python Education Summit
https://us.pycon.org/2015/events/edusummit/



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> > This evening I had an interesting conversation with a very determined
> > 10-year old boy who wants to learn programming in Java and nothing but
> Java.
> > I told him that I recommend Python as a first programing language,
> because
> > learning Python is easier. But he was adamant. It's Java or nothing. Why?
> > Minecraft is implemented in Java. That made Java the ultimate in
> coolness to
> > him. No "risk-averse bureaucratic" thinking there, just a willingness to
> do
> > hard things to get what he wanted.
> >
> > So I told him, go for it, more power to you, and offered my assistance.
> What
> > else could I do? :) In the face of determination like that, it's lead,
> > follow, or get out of the way...
>
> When I was an undergrad at Caltech, we had no good courses in
> programming or computer science, and I really wanted to understand
> computers.  So I dedicated most of one summer to slugging through
> several feet of IBM manuals.  My first "computer language" was JCL!!
> It was a total waste.  I lost interest in programming for many years.
> Same thing happened to my interest in literature, after a string of
> really bad teachers in high school.
>
> Give that 10-year old plenty of encouragement, but be ready to catch
> him when he falls.  Write the Java for him, if necessary, but then
> show him the equivalent in Python.
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