Matthias writes:
Continue reading...My name is Matthias and I am 7 years old and I like Python. I knew a little about Python before I read your book, but I am learning more by reading your book. I like your book.
I think on page 202 is a little mistake. You wrote:
"We'll use this new object variable in the dra...
Mark F writes:
Continue reading...I think that it's a great book but I am running into one issue. If you're not too busy, I'm hoping you could answer it for me. In Chapter 8, Classes and Objects, you reintroduce the turtle module. You say that we can create 'an object of the pen class', which makes sense.
import...
Justin B writes:
Continue reading...I recently started the section on "For Loops" and am somewhat confused about something. The section (page 55) runs a loop for "HugeHairyPants." I setup the loop as you indicated and actually understood the result just fine.
However, I decided to add a variable in the mix and w...
Justin J writes:
Continue reading...I installed python 3.3.2 for my macbook running version 10.6.8 and typed this in, open -a "/Applications/Python 3.2/IDLE.app" --args -n and it didn't work:
"The action Run Shell Script encountered an error. Check the action's properties and try running the workflow again"
I...
John writes:
Quick question regarding the -n used in the shortcut for IDLE. I realize that it starts IDLE with no subprocesses, but what does that mean and why do we want to do it?
There's precious little on the net describing what the -n switch does. From the IDLE documentation:
Continue reading...If IDLE...
This arrived in the mail from No Starch today:
Sehr cool!
The German translation of Python for Kids is available from the publisher dpunkt verlag and amazon.de (probably others, but those were the first couple of links that popped up).
Continue reading...Ben writes:
Continue reading...I am 12 and I am reading your book, Python for Kids. I have recently confronted a problem with the module tkinter. I have recently got a rasberry pi to program on python. I am pretty sure that tkinter is already installed on python, but when I run something like:
def hello(): print...
Marvin writes:
Continue reading...I have a 10 year old son who is interested in programming. He really loves playing games so I thought he should learn how they are created. I am a bit confused on which language to have him start.
My question is should he start with Scratch (and for how long?) or should I start...
Omer writes:
Continue reading...I am currently on Chapter 13 and I have come across a problem that I cannot seem to figure out. I am in the section 'Creating the Ball Class'. I wrote the code the way that you have described in the book, and I am getting the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last): Fil...
Evan writes:
Continue reading...I have a Windows 8 PC, and have installed Python 3.3 onto it, and worked my way up to the last part of chapter 9 in your book with no major problems. But now I am stuck in the last part of chapter 9. The first time I tried to save a notepad txt file to the C: location, access was de...
