[Edu-sig] Edu-sig Digest, Vol 152, Issue 11

Wed Mar 16 10:06:14 EDT 2016

Hi, KIrby,

Love the IPython notebook. Great idea to create a notebook with all the Pi
stuff, including the funny video.

Peter

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>    1. another code school tool ( + other topics) (kirby urner)
>    2. Pi Day Fun (3.14, 2016) (kirby urner)
>    3. Re: Pi Day Fun (3.14, 2016) (Matt Harrison)
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> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:25:46 -0700
> From: kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Edu-sig] another code school tool ( + other topics)
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> *COOL TOOL*:
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> Another tool I've been meaning to mention, apropos of recent threads:
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> http://www.freecodecamp.com/
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> I signed up for it wearing my PDX Code Guild hat [1], interested in "the
> competition" but then I'd say FreeCodeCamp is operating in a different
> ballpark, too distant from ours to be considered a direct competitor in our
> market (we do in-person boot camps).
>
> FreeCodeCamp gives you thousands of DIY exercises across the several "full
> stack" topics, but also promotes Chat and Meetup modes, so yes, you'll
> actually start interacting with and maybe meeting some of your fellow
> trainees if you show initiative (self-filtering).  Granted, some folks are
> too remote to easily join in-person meetups; urban lifestyles are more
> conducive to that mode.
>
> As one climbs the ladder (I got off it for now, can't climb into every
> treehouse) the projects get more complex and this morning my Chatter Box is
> filled with talk of Cloud9 (apropos), where apparently they do deployment
> exercises.
>
> *CODE SCHOOL CONSULTING*:
>
> On another front, I'm very "not pushy" about Python, meaning in this
> context that if Vietnam code schools I'm advising prefer a MEAN stack (know
> what that is?  I do), then more power to 'em. [2]
>
> Far be it from me to say a pure JavaScript stack should be written off as
> 2nd class.  These are spanking new technologies and we want willing guinea
> pigs to dive and and use them -- to their own advantage.
>
> The theory is:  if you learn how to learn then the tool chain you pick will
> stay variable, given new tools are coming in, yielding opportunities worth
> availing of.
>
> So by all means, start with a MEAN stack and migrate to something else over
> time as you learn new tricks (there're always new ones to learn); just pick
> an entry point that works, includes a winning hand possibility, then maybe
> shuffle the deck and play a different hand (e.g. switch to something more
> Pythonic).
>
> *LISTOWNER BUSINESS*:
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> if you dig into admin details you'll see I've made
> urner at alumni.princeton.edu a listowner however this may not prove optimum
> in the long run so don't be surprised if I switch back to my kirby.urner
> address at Gmail.
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> I've also posted from my work address with O'Reilly during the chapter when
> O'Reilly experimented with running a code school (oreillyschool.com),
> since
> closed.
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> Just helping document my activity, a geek thing to do.
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> I can't recall if I've posted from any other email addresses over the
> years.  I go way back on edu-sig, but have only recently assumed any
> listowner duties.
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> Fortunately Naomi Ceder is co-piloting as listowner and has considerable
> experience (compared to me), listowning within Python.org, using Mailman in
> particular.
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> *YAY MAILMAN*:
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> I really like Mailman and am recommending it to at least one of my geek
> subcultures (one fairly new to the listserv concept in general -- yes,
> behind the times, stuck in 1790s mostly :-D).
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> Finding a service that lets us set up like what Python.org has, a set of
> Mailman listservs used for self-governance, is on my list of Things to Do
> in a role-playing -- or we say "hat wearing" -- capacity (@npym_it).
>
> Happy Pi Day!
>
> Kirby
>
> [1]  http://mean.io/#!/
> M: MongoDB
> E:  Express.js
> A:  Angular.js
> N:  Node.js
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> Funny:
> http://xkcd.com/1655/
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> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:19:19 -0700
> From: kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
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> http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Pi%20Day%20Fun.ipynb
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> The above URL renders a Github-saved public I-Python Notebook using
> nbviewer, a utility for rendering any Jupyter notebook with a public URL.
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> My example Python code is generator-centric as successive approximations of
> something, approaching a limit, lends itself to such yield-based treatment.
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> Kirby
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> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:21:14 -0700
> From: Matt Harrison <matthewharrison at gmail.com>
> To: kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
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> Here's my "modern" python one-liner for today:
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> print sum(4./num if i % 2 == 0 else -4./num for i, num in
> enumerate(range(1, 100000, 2)))
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> Cheers,
>
> Matt
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> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 4:19 PM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/4dsolutions/Python5/blob/master/Pi%20Day%20Fun.ipynb
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> > The above URL renders a Github-saved public I-Python Notebook using
> > nbviewer, a utility for rendering any Jupyter notebook with a public URL.
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> > My example Python code is generator-centric as successive approximations
> > of something, approaching a limit, lends itself to such yield-based
> > treatment.
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> > Kirby
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