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MyASPN >> Mail Archive >> python-tutor
python-tutor
Re: [Tutor] Tutor FAQ?
by Eric Walker other posts by this author
Apr 20 2006 9:50AM messages near this date
Re: [Tutor] Tutor FAQ? | [Tutor] pyExcelerator for Python 2.3
Kent Johnson wrote:
>  Mike Hansen wrote:
>    
> > I'd like to send a big Thank You to Danny, Alan, Kent and others(whos names
> > escape me) for being such an asset to the Python community by relentlessly
> > answering questions on the tutor list.(Do these guys sleep? They must work
> > in shifts.) This list is one of the most civilized and responsive lists I
> > have ever read. When many pop onto the list and ask what may seem like some
> > of the most obvious questions, you guys calmly answer and nudge them in the
> > right direction without ever losing your patience. It's a great list.
> >     
> 
>  Thanks! I do sleep but I have my email tied in to my clock radio so 
>  whenever an email arrives on the tutor list I am awakened to answer it ;)
>    
> > Anyway, I've been reading the list for a couple of years now, and I wonder
> > if a Tutor FAQ would be helpful. I don't believe one exists. Should there be
> > something on the Python wiki that would list the most common questions to
> > the tutor list along with their answers? It would be a FAQ about the tutor
> > list as well as common questions to the tutor list.
> >     
> 
>  I wonder about this sometimes too. I think it would be good to have a 
>  place to collect this stuff.
> 
>  Maybe this could be integrated with the main Python FAQ in a beginner's 
>  section? Fredrik Lundh is experimenting with a FAQ wiki here:
>  http://pyfaq.infogami.com/
> 
>    
> > FAQ about the Tutor List would include
> > - The policy on answering homework assignment
> > - Why the reply-to is set that way.
> > - Post code and exact error message.
> > (A lot of this might be in that initial message you get from mailman when
> > joining the list, but it might be a good idea to put it on the wiki)
> >
> > FAQ for common questions to the list would include
> > - ord() and chr()
> > - Common GUI programming questions
> > - String module is deprecated, use string methods
> > - ???
> >
> > I'm sure you can come up with more of the common questions. Does this sound
> > like a reasonable idea?
> >     
> 
>  Sounds good to me. Are you volunteering?
> 
>  Kent
> 
>  _______________________________________________
>  Tutor maillist  -  Tutor@[...].org
>  http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
> 
>    
Hey guys the FAQ thing sound great. I found what I think is the best 
pyQT tutorial around.
Took me like 10 minutes and I am off and running.
http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~afedosov/qttut/
Thread:
Mike Hansen
Kent Johnson
Mike Hansen
Alan Gauld
Eric Walker

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