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Introduction to Computer Science (Code.org in Python)
https://github.com/skilstak/code-dot-org-python

computer-science edtech education puzzle python students supplemental-materials

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Introduction to Computer Science (Code.org in Python)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/skilstak/code-dot-org-python
• Owner: skilstak
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2014-11-19T13:24:30.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-07-10T12:39:20.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-02-26T12:17:07.508Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: computer-science, edtech, education, puzzle, python, students, supplemental-materials
• Language: Python
• Size: 1.01 MB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 35
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
*Introduction to Computer Science*
Code.org in Python

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***This project has since been superceded by our use of [CodeCombat.com](http://codecombat.com) and our own [Python-0](http://github.com/skilstak/python-0) and [Python-1](http://github.com/skilstak.com/python-1) offerings

which teach real, typed Python the way college students and professions use it, from the Linux Bash command line. (Python IDLE sees far less actual use in the real world.)***

This repo contains the puzzles from the [Introduction to Computer Science

on code.org](http://learn.code.org/s/1) written in Python3 suitable for

any learning environment requiring only vanilla Python3 to be installed.

This includes the default Raspberry Pi setup. It was created to supplement

or replace the Blockly activities for those ready to ***actually*** write

 code. [Students 'create' code with Blockly they don't really 'write'

it.]

Students [fork this

repo](http://github.com/skilstak/code-dot-org-python/fork)

or [download the

zip](http://github.com/skilstak/code-dot-org-python/archive/master.zip)

and complete the puzzles with a vanilla installation of Python on

their local computer. Student code solutions are checked when they

run their code against a saved solution (in JSON format stored in a

[puzzles](/stage05-artist1/puzzles) directory). Detailed descriptions

from code.org for each puzzle are included as long comments at the beginning

of each puzzle script. If students get stuck they can refer to the

[solutions](/solutions). Teachers can easily create additional puzzles

for which the solutions are not available for more formal assessments

if needed.

As students progress in their porting to more complicated puzzles that

require use and creation of functions they put them into their own

version of the [mymod.py](mymod.py) module file.

Finally students can create their own puzzles for themselves

and others by contributing to the [extra collection](/extra), which may

eventually become its own site to students to puzzles each other.

The [codestudio](/codestudio) library module on which these puzzles

are based contains tools to help create new puzzles easily as well as

visualize puzzles and solutions. The steps to create your own puzzles

are outlined in [extras](/extra) with examples. The module itself

has been designed to serve as a basis for learning Python modules,

object-oriented-programming, packaging, geometry/trigonometry functions,

domain modeling, separation of concerns, exception handling, test-driven

development, basic GUI development, cross-platform audio programming,

JSON and more.

All code and assets are released under the same terms as the

[code-dot-org](http://github.com/code-dot-org) materials. We have

collaborated closely with the project team there.