From 1927081c1dac00b2d3a82c0cc3361fedac1fc5a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Wang <44191076+alankrantas@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 11:58:49 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Delete 00-Introduction.md --- guide/00-Introduction.md | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 guide/00-Introduction.md diff --git a/guide/00-Introduction.md b/guide/00-Introduction.md deleted file mode 100644 index ea180ef..0000000 --- a/guide/00-Introduction.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -# Python Guide on BBC micro:bit 00: Introduction - -## About this guide - -When Guido van Rossum created the Python programming language in 1989, it was meant to be an easy-to-use general-purpose programming language. And it still is today; Python is indeed very easy to learn, at the start at least, but there are so many short-cuts and hidden features that can easily confuse beginners and even veterans. Also, a lot of stuff in Python jsut don't work like the ways in other languages (C/C++, Java, even the TypeScript blocks in the MakeCode editor for micro:bit). - -Another problem is that the learning Python today is almost exclusively aim for data science/data analysis, since there are so many popular third party packages designed for Python. These tools only require minimum Python; since job demand in data analysis is still high, this is probably why so many people (especially people with no IT backgrounds) are learning Python. - -Personally, I think Python on embedded device - MicroPython - is another great path you can try. Instead of manipulating pure data on your computer, you can design devices that actually intract with the environment and solve real-life problems. You'll need to think differently compared to writing single-use data analysis codes because your program will have to run as long as it can. It helped a lot for my own Python skills. - -From the beginning, the BBC micro:bit microtontroller is already designed to use MicroPython, but most of the guides are more focused on what micro:bits can do instead of what Python can do. And this is where this guide comes in: to learn proper, correct Python concepts/grammers with the help of micro:bit features. - -So I am not writing this guide for children; this is for teachers and (young) adults who are interested in learning Python from scratch (no pun intended) on micro:bits. This is also a free project, so please give me a issue if you have trouble to understand anything. - --- Alan Wang