And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

Cat, Rat and Kid !

This is the cover design I made for Pramode Sir’s book- “Adventures with Neko“

I’ve finished it !

The Pyneko program is now stand-alone.

Pyneko now boasts a command entry widget, for yours’ truly is happily responsible . The modified version can be found soon here

And that, my friends is what the new and improved Pyneko looks like.

Neat, don’t you think ?

Check this out.

Pyneko -cat out of the bag.

It is a project initiated by my guru Pramode.C.E to teach programming innovatively. The project is just in its first-steps stage. The current version that will be available to you all will require python running from a terminal controlling actions of neko using built in functions.

It should look something like this:

It occurred to me that it was quite a drag to have to write code in one window and watch your cat run around in another. I decided to muffle the grumbling and integrate to the UI provisions to write and edit code for neko, run single commands and watch neko perform, all within the same window, complete with a skeleton help index and tutorial.

The newer version will soon be available as soon as I’m sure that the code will meet with Sir’s approval.

Meanwhile, try putting neko through its paces, and rest assured that it will be cured.

Python

: This is my favourite programming language. The more code i write, the more i fall in love with wrangling this snake.

Its natural that great minds aspiring for simplicity get hooked onto python. And also the fact that its quite easy to learn and code in must have something to do with its immense popularity.

Its quite easy to learn python; and if any of you are on the lookout for a cool 

interpretive language that anticipates your needs, I suggest you try Python.

It may turn out that you need a bit of help getting started; thats fine. There are a lot of python junkies out there who revel in making a lot of noise about whatever they do (just kidding ), so there’ll be enough documentation available.

Python has the added advantage of being a cross-platform language, so it doesn’t really matter if you are a Free software buff, or just another standard Windows or Mac user. But you’d find it a much easier development session if you are working with python on a Linux distribution.

Python is invariably a part of any Linux distro. But if you are a Windows user you can get python here.

For those out there who wants to have a go right now:

Linux User:

take your terminal -> vim a.py -> type in : ‘ print “Hello World”‘ -> quit the editor -> python a.py

Windows User:

type in ‘ print “Hello World”‘, in your standard text editor and save it as a.py, then get your Python IDLE interpreter to run it for you.

I’ve We’ve (team chipmonks), planned quite a few projects involving python. So I’ll be writing a series of posts on them and maybe also something of a tutorial for graduate students and I thought this’ll be a good way to start.

Cheers.

PS: Check out this tutorial on moving ahead with python. It comes straight from the horses’ mouth.