Preparing teaching materials

[Rhodri James]

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:58:18 -0000, <grkuntzmd at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am considering teaching a beginning programming course using Python.
> I would like to prepare my class handouts in such a way that I can
> import the Python code from real ".py" files directly into the
> documents. This way I can run real unit tests on the code to confirm
> that they work as expected.
>
> I am considering using LaTeX to write the handouts and then converting
> them to PDF files. I will probably use a Makefile to convert the LaTeX
> with embedded Python code into the PDF files using pdflatex.
>
> I will probably organize my directory structure into sub-directories
> py-src, py-test, doc-src, and doc-dist.
>
> I will be starting out using Windows Vista/cygwin and hopefully switch
> to a Macbook this summer.
>
> Any thoughts?

Decide right now whether you're using Python 2.x or Python 3.x.  The
switch from print-as-statement to print-as-function is one of the
things that will throw beginners very badly indeed if your handouts
and computers don't make the same assumptions!

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Rhodri James *-* Wildebeeste Herder to the Masses