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• EDU-SIG: Python in Education

  ...turtle module is not a learning environment as such, but it has been completely revamped for Python 2.6 and above and is worth checking out. Examples are included in the source distribution (along with a demoViewer program, which also serves as an example on how to embed turtle graphics into a Tkinter application.) For those that have older version of Python installed (2.3, 2.4 or 2.5), a suitable version of the turtle module can be found here., with the examples here. A video of the Pycon 200...

• Computer Programming for Everybody

  ...turtle graphics (although this is a good teaching tool in lower grades). Of course, most students would not become skilled application architects, just as most people who learn to write don't become bestseller authors-but reading and writing skills are useful for everyone, and so (in our vision) are general programming skills. We already see some indications that this is a realistic goal. For example, the Alice project [Alice] reports that freshmen and even teenagers with no previous...

• Computer Programming for Everybody

  ...turtle graphics. It comes with an excellent tutorial suitable for children from 8 up. LogoMation's syntax is similar to Python (more so than Logo's syntax); which suggests that we're on the right track with Python. But like Logo, LogoMation is limited in the growth path it offers. It doesn't directly address the issue of "what next," expecting its users to move on to other programming languages for real work. Alice. The testimonials on the Alice website clearly indicate that Alice is suc...

• What's New In Python 3.0

  ...turtle.Screen, by making it a true singleton object. Issue #3911: ftplib.FTP.makeport() could give invalid port numbers. Issue #3929: When the database cannot be opened, dbm.open() would incorrectly raise a TypeError: "'tuple' object is not callable" instead of the expected dbm.error. Bug #3884: Make the turtle module toplevel again. Issue #3547: Fixed ctypes structures bitfields of varying integer sizes. Extension Modules Issue #3659: Subclasses of str didn't work as SQL parameter...

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