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On May 26, 8:48 pm, Steve Howell <showel...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm thinking you could actually have a progression Maybe try this approach: pick your top 10/20/50 language features and One other nit to pick: have your example classes inherit from object, -- Paul
If there is anything arbitrary here, I'd say it is your "increment
> from a 1 line program up to a 50-line program. The
> number 50 is kind of arbitrary, but my gut says that
> by a 50-line program, you will have demonstrated
> almost every useful concept.
each example by one source line" constraint. This can force you to
use some bad coding practices to meet your target line count for a
given example.
develop concise examples. Then order the examples by length as a first
cut (longer examples probably *are* more complex), and then reorder a
bit to handle pre-requisites (introduce a minimum of new features,
preferably 1, per example). Overall, I'd have a tough time picking
just 10 language features to illustrate, but there are probably 10-20
basic features that will get new people onto fairly productive
ground. Pick 20 as your example count (50 sounds a bit long), and
stick to it, and then later add "20 More Little Programs" for the next
wave of examples in increasing complexity.
to get new people using new-style classes from the get-go.