Learning by doing

I'm sure most of you have heard of Google's new WebKit based browser "Chrome" . Well, a German company has released a more privacy friendly version called "Iron" , with the browser usage tracking removed. Their site is written in German, but here is a translation thanks to Google's Language Translation tools. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I'm glad someone is taking advantage of the open source nature of Google's offering.

I just discovered the Turtle graphics module for Python 2.5 using the Tk graphics library. It is very "kid friendly", and it sets up a screen when you make your first function call. This was very fun, just like when I first played with LOGO on my Commodore 64! >>> from turtle import * >>> clear() >>> down() >>> goto(66,66) >>> for step in range(24): ... right(105) ... forward(100) ... >>> up() >>> goto(0,0) >>> color("red") >>> write("Done!") >>> exit() Seen on the Web in August 2008 Iron Python on ASP.Net http://ironpythonresource.com/post/2008/08/03/Beginning-IronPython-Creating-a-basic-ASPNET-Form-(Part-1).aspx Connecting to a database http://ironpythonresource.com/post/2008/08/09/Connecting-to-a-database-and-using-the-gridview.aspx Creating a class http://ironpythonresource.com/post/2008/08/10/Beginning-IronPython-Creating-a-class.aspx Creating an updat