Writing Python For Kids
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Book intent and outcomes: a publisher contract with Wiley turns a blog into Python for Kids for Dummies, targeted at age 10+, built around a concrete Minecraft Pi anchor and tutorial projects, written mostly in 4–5 weeks but stretched over a year by negotiations and edits. Practical details: targets Python 2.7, uses Subversion, tests on Linux Windows and Mac, automates screenshots, loses a chess project to page limits, undergoes technical and editorial review and proofing.
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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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