[python-uk] Coding "Bootcamps"

[Derek O'Connell]

Thanks Harry!

On 20/05/16 16:42, Harry Percival wrote:
> *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.*
>
>
> Slightly OT now, but I would definitely recommend the "fluid analogies"
> research papers that Hofstadter co-authored with his PhD students (Melanie
> Mitchell and Robert French). The copycat and tabletop programs are still
> absolutely unmatched in their innovative approach to AI and trying to
> understand the human mind. And you get to see some of the Lisp source iirc!
>
>
> between philosophy and programming for learning purposes.
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 09:30 Derek O'Connell <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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