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Together with Python e-learning courses this could be a real winner. I say this because back when I tutored compsci students, my most effective method was to us

by tav 14y ago

Together with Python e-learning courses this could be a real winner. I say this because back when I tutored compsci students, my most effective method was to use shared (GNU) screen sessions. The pair programming and the ability to see how others worked helped students become confident with Python a lot faster. Unfortunately back then, students tended to use Windows and setting up Cygwin scared a lot of them before they even got around to doing any programming. A tool like Python Anywhere would definitely be a far more attractive approach if I were to do something similar today.

aychedee 14y ago
Yes it is definitely something that people are already using PythonAnywhere for. Especially introductory Python classes. Setting up everyone's machines can take hours. If they manage it at all.
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octopus 14y ago
Have you considered installing Enthought free edition ? It has in a single package: Python, Numpy, Scipy, IPython, and you can install it on Linux, Windows and Mac.
- gte910h 14y ago
  Sorry to contact you this way, you have no email address in profile: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3882489 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3882489 is misleadingly titled. "Mac OS X 10.8 restricted to App Store, signed apps by default" Says an App has to be released via the Appstore and signed to be installable under the default settings. This is not true. An app needs to be Signed OR in the Appstore to be installable by default. Can you please edit your post title to include the word OR or a "/" between the two mechanisms?
  - octopus 14y ago
    Unfortunately I can't edit the title anymore (really sorry about that), HN let's you modify a post for a limited amount of time, after which the title (and the possibility to delete a post) is frozen. As a side note, the title is the non edited title of the linked article, I didn't wrote this article ...

by tav 14y ago

aychedee 14y ago

Yes it is definitely something that people are already using PythonAnywhere for. Especially introductory Python classes. Setting up everyone's machines can take hours. If they manage it at all.

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octopus 14y ago

Have you considered installing Enthought free edition ? It has in a single package: Python, Numpy, Scipy, IPython, and you can install it on Linux, Windows and Mac.

gte910h 14y ago
Sorry to contact you this way, you have no email address in profile: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3882489 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3882489 is misleadingly titled. "Mac OS X 10.8 restricted to App Store, signed apps by default" Says an App has to be released via the Appstore and signed to be installable under the default settings. This is not true. An app needs to be Signed OR in the Appstore to be installable by default. Can you please edit your post title to include the word OR or a "/" between the two mechanisms?
- octopus 14y ago
  Unfortunately I can't edit the title anymore (really sorry about that), HN let's you modify a post for a limited amount of time, after which the title (and the possibility to delete a post) is frozen. As a side note, the title is the non edited title of the linked article, I didn't wrote this article ...