Show HN: Build with Python – a beginner course where your code draws

Show HN: Build with Python – a beginner course where your code draws(scimigo.com)

15 points by davidwshao 3 hours ago | 3 comments

Hi HN, I built this because I watched my daughter struggle at learning Python. I made something that runs only in the browser with visuals rather than relying on CLI/terminal output. No need to worry about python installation, package versions, venv etc.

The lab runs with Pyodide in a web worker, and the program output is a picture by the side of the code block. A user would experiment with the code, and see the immediate changes in the visual output.

The course has 13 modules, with the first 6 foundation modules free, module 7-13 with free readings but guide labs for a one-time price of $49.

Please give it a try at https://scimigo.com/en/learn/build-with-python Send me feedback on the UX and on the exercise design, especially if you teach kids to program.

I am also working on a C++ version for beginners (also with browser, no gcc or command lines). stay tuned.

aarontian0 1 hour ago |

It has a nice interface and I really like it. I'll stay in tuned for the C++ version as well.

fwip 2 hours ago |

You may want to review it a bit more before soliciting feedback. For example, the very first task it asks the user to do is already done.

davidwshao 1 hour ago | |

oh thanks for the quick feedback. my bad that it was left over from the earlier starting code as a demo for the first module. I have now fixed it and the starter code is now partial, and will fail the checks unless the user completes the tasks.