Writing Python For Kids
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A behind-the-scenes account of turning a blog into Wiley’s Python for Kids for Dummies: contract delays, a detailed table-of-contents demand, and wrote code in 4–5 weeks then months of editing and proofing. Concrete choices: Python 2.7 target (needed for Minecraft Pi), command-line first, GUI and pygame dropped. Projects cut (chess and web scraping) while the Minecraft Pi anchor project survives. Practical hiccups include screenshot/art rules, 69 vs 80 character limits, and separate technical and editorial review.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:44Why did you write it
- 2:34What was involved
- 3:01The second phase
- 4:33Editing
- 5:08Curriculum
- 6:21Learning Objectives
- 7:00Learning Outcomes
- 8:45Motivations
- 11:58Active Projects
- 14:59Why Python 27
- 17:03Word Template
- 18:02Art
- 20:09Editing stages
- 22:32tribulations
- 23:47syntax highlighting
- 26:42QA
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