From marilyn at deliberate.com  Mon Oct  1 22:11:28 2007
From: marilyn at deliberate.com (Marilyn Davis)
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:11:28 -0700
Subject: [PyOP] Python Class for Novices
Message-ID: <20071001213205.7128E1E400C@bag.python.org>

I'm excited to announce a new Python class for beginners at UCSC Extension:

http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=3576274

It will be a weekend of programming, starting from scratch and taking the time to understand the basic mechanisms of software engineering: operators, flow-of-control, functions, modules/namespaces and importing. We'll study a few of the  properties of lists and strings, and, time permitting, we'll touch on classes as blueprints for namespaces.

The class is intended to give a novice the maximum programming power with the minimum effort.  Hopefully, this taste of programming will whet the student's appetite for more.

Self-motivated, reasonably-well-behaved high school students are encouraged to attend.

Also, the class is designed to meet the prerequisite for the "Python For Programmer's" class:

http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=1531625

which is essentially the same class that I teach in corporate environments, including Google.

Please send me students!

Marilyn Davis, Ph.D.
650 965-7121
marilyn at deliberate.com