Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: introcs
Version: 1.2.2
Summary: Student Tools for Beginning Python
Home-page: https://github.com/WalkerWhite/introcs-python
Author: Walker M. White
Author-email: wmw2@cornell.edu
License: UNKNOWN
Description: # Student Tools for Beginning Python
        
        Python is an extremely popular language for introduction to computing courses at various 
        universities. However, many Python features require knowledge of advance language elements
        before they can be used.  For example, the Unit Testing framework is extremely comple and 
        is typically inaccessible to a beginning student.  Similarly, Python has moved all string 
        functionality to method calls, which are confusing for a student just starting out with 
        functions.
        
        The purpose of this package is to provide proper masking, giving instructors more 
        flexibility in how they arrange their Python course.  Masking takes a complex feature and 
        hides it behind a simpler interface.  When the students have mastered that interface, the 
        instructor can remove it and allow students direct access to the complex feature.
        
        For example, this package provides non-method string functions for basic functionality 
        such as searching, replacing, and testing.  This allows the students to write interesting 
        text-manipulation functions when they are just starting out, without having to understand
        the extra subtleties of method calls.  When they are ready to move on to method calls, the
        students are free (and encouraged) to stop using these functions.
        
        For a complete list of modules provided by this package, see the associated documentation. 
        Key features include, but are not limited to
        
        * Method-free string functions
        * Method-free tuple functions
        * Simplified unit test utilities
        * Simplified web connections (similar to the classic `urllib2`)
        * Simplified color model interfaces
        * Improved graphics turtle
        
        These packages were developed as part of the introduction to computing sequence at 
        Cornell University. However, they are free to all educators that might find them useful.
        
Keywords: teaching scaffolding introduction
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Education
Classifier: Topic :: Education
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.1
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
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