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This week I was only in class for one anchor period due to a teacher work day and a field trip. During that day I browsed the internet, looking for a different tutorial on Python, as the one I'd been using grew incomprehensible.
On Monday I decided to research PGPLOT, and added a description of the program to my web-page. I was gone Tuesday, and on Thursday I switched to a better tutorial How To Think Like a Programmer and continued with Python.
I started actually programming, and have a few sample programs running. These include: lists1.py, canvas1.py, change.py, compare.py. I have also done some general. I appreciate the new tutorial I'm using, but I will soon grow out of it.
I kept programming in Python, adding classes1.py to my list of example programs. Furthermore, I started researching GUI interfaces.
This short week I researched GUI interfaces and posted my findings on my site. I also wrote and posted my iteration progress reports.
I updated my logs, worked on the Canvas widget, and learned how to do screen shots. My major problem with the Canvas widget is that I have trouble with the format for the programs. I can certainly write functions using the widget itself, but developing a framework from which to call the functions… that is my major obstacle.
Mainly I worked on code this week, trying new programs or fixing the old ones. Ah, the frustrations of Computer Science and invisible bugs!
This week was all about Python and learning what to do with Canvas widgets. I also worked on my poster writing parts of the research and abstract sections.
My poster is coming along nicely, and the colors are lovely: turquoise with pink and white! I also have a dancing stick figure, created on a Python canvas, which will go on the poster. I haven’t actually glued anything on yet because I ran out of time before I could cut all of the colored paper to size.
I was only in class for one day this week due to MLK Jr. Day and a doctor’s appointment. I spent Thursday doing more to my poster, especially concentrating on the ‘Model’ section.