[Microbit-Python] Hello from Sunnyvale, CA!

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

ugh... their/they're. Blame jet-lag. ;-)

On 19/02/16 21:13, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote:
> Hi Marc Andre,
> 
> On 19/02/16 20:55, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> Pretty impressive list of lesson !
>>
> 
> Thank you!
> 
>> The only nit I could find is the use of "from micropython import *".
>> Wouldn't it be better to teach kids to use e.g.
>>
>> # First get the goodies you need for your program:
>> from micropython import display, Image
> 
> Hah. You wouldn't believe the deliberation that went into this style of
> import. :-)
> 
> Put simply, while I agree explicit import is "the correct thing to do"
> in terms of "real" Python, we found that both kids and teachers were
> getting hung up with remembering to import the right sort of thing. Far
> better to encourage them to just import everything (it has no additional
> memory overhead) and not have to worry about things. We can show them
> the right way once their feeling more confident in their programming skills.
> 
> Does this make sense?
> 
> N.
> 
> 
> 
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