{"id":1075,"date":"2025-07-16T06:29:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T06:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/?page_id=1075"},"modified":"2025-07-16T06:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T06:35:01","slug":"python","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/other\/coding\/python\/","title":{"rendered":"Python"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pythonsandbox.com\/turtle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python Sandbox<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFdzsMmfEUKAI6GML9BIo8AqN6NX9tHaFkRw&amp;s\" width=\"301\" height=\"168\" \/><br \/>\nToday there is a great volume of sites that promote the learning and practice of coding, many of which I have used. When I made the decision in early 2016 to incorporate Python into my Introduction to Programming course curriculum I had every intention on utilizing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeskulptor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CodeSkulptor<\/a>, which I believe is a fantastic resource. However, I also wanted to utilize the Turtle-type (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Logo_%28programming_language%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Logo<\/a>) coding into my course. I knew\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeskulptor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CodeSkulptor<\/a>\u00a0was based on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skulpt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skulpt<\/a>, so I took a look at their code to see what I could do with it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pythonturtle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python Turtle<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQsKAQNyapAIuJ8gwR_zLl7MYuQK7bweDqp5g&amp;s\" width=\"308\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A learning environment for Python programming suitable for beginners and children, inspired by Logo.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>PythonTurtle strives to provide the lowest-threshold way to learn (or teach) software development in the Python programming language. Students command an interactive Python shell (similar to the IDLE development environment) and use Python functions to move a turtle displayed on the screen. An illustrated help screen introduces the student to the basics of Python programming while demonstrating how to move the turtle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Python Sandbox Today there is a great volume of sites that promote the learning and practice of coding, many of which I have used. When I made the decision in early 2016 to incorporate Python into my Introduction to Programming course curriculum I had every intention on utilizing\u00a0CodeSkulptor, which I believe is a fantastic resource. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":364,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1075","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/1082"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}