[Tutor] 12 year old starting to code

[Alan Gauld]

On 11/01/16 16:40, Steven Molter wrote:

> Python section.  The book was written using IDLE, but with the newest
> version of Python, I am unable to get the IDLE shell running.

Which OS do you use? (and which specific Python version?)

If it's Windows you may prefer the ActiveState.com
distribution which includes some Windoze friendly extras,
including a different (and better) IDE called Pythonwin.

If its not Windows then you may need to install a separate
package on your system or get a specific download with IDLE
(or Tkinter which is what IDLE is built from) included.

> If someone could help me get the IDLE shell running that would be a great
> start, but any advice on how to help my son learn to code would be greatly
> appreciated.

Since you have a book just follow that and if you run into
things that don;t work as expected ask here.

Please always post full error messages(cut n paste) along
with the code.

And post in plain text since otherwise the code format
gets messed up.


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