[python-uk] Coding "Bootcamps"

[Hester Breman]

Hi! Not sure whether it has been mentioned yet, but learning by teaching 
could also be an option, for example running an after school Code Club 
to teach Scratch (mentioned below, see also https://scratch.mit.edu/) 
and then Python to 9-11 year olds: https://www.codeclub.org.uk/. All 
materials are prepared and volunteer training is provided as well.

Hester

On 20/05/16 10:38, Dan Jones wrote:
> Hi All
>
> New to this mail list and python in general, but I have in the past 
> participated in the Java Ranch - Cattle Drive
>
> http://www.javaranch.com/java-college.jsp
>
> The exercises start off easy enough, but the markers are sticklers for 
> their style guide and on good quality code.
>
> I haven't seen any thing like this for Python (but I haven't looked 
> too hard)
>
> On 20 May 2016 at 09:27, Derek O'Connell <doc at doconnel.f9.co.uk 
> <mailto:doc at doconnel.f9.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     I doubt I need to preach about it here but I'd still liked to suggest
>     starting by simply having fun! If your friend has a personal
>     interest/hobby where programming can be used for exploration then
>     grab a
>     module that does most of the grunt work and start hacking away at the
>     examples for his own purposes. It's the best and quickest way to
>     get new
>     programmers over that initial hump without swamping them. If he has
>     absolutely no experience then I'd even suggest something like Scratch*
>     to begin with to get the general idea of translating ideas into
>     code. I
>     also love Jupyter notebooks for this situation so that personal (rich)
>     notes can be kept local to code as learning progresses.
>
>     * It's easy to transition from Scratch to Python while still
>     having fun
>     with the help of modules such as https://github.com/pilliq/scratchpy
>
>     Btw, I would be really interested to hear fun and practical links
>     between philosophy and programming for learning purposes. Of course
>     there's a long history linking philosophy, maths and programming.
>     Books
>     like "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" might provide some
>     inspiration.
>
>     -D
>
>     On 18/05/16 10:59, John via python-uk wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > A philosopher friend of mine wants to transition into working as
>     a software
>     > developer (paying work in philosophy being a bit rare). He lives
>     in London,
>     > and is considering signing up for one of the Coding "Bootcamps" that
>     > various organisations run. I wondered if any of you have any
>     > recommendations you could make, and indeed whether any of these
>     bootcamps
>     > teach Python?
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     >
>     > John
>     >
>     >
>     >
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