[Verba] Oct 25 meeting summary

[Stuart D. Gathman]

The older boys learned the basics of CVS, and checked out the pharoh 
project from a repository - working in parallel with updates and commits.

Stephanie also used CVS to correct some spelling, and practiced using vim 
for program editing (she was sick for the first few meetings). 
Unfortunately, I had an emergency IM from a customer during class 
(invoices wouldn't print after OS upgrade - turns out pstops filter 
broke), so I didn't pay proper attention to the younger boys.

I have installed LiveWires and pygame on our class server.  Next week, I 
will start the younger boys on that track.  Stephanie, you may also find 
this a good way to catch up: <http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/>

If you can, install python and the package on your Windows PC.  Even if 
you can't, look at the PDFs and see how far you can get just in your head. 
That will maximize our brief 3/2 hour on Wednesday.

The plan next week is for the older boys to keep working on their project, 
while I get Stephanie caught up and/or working on her own track, and get 
the younger boys working on the LiveWires course.

Here is a photo of our class at work in the computer lab that springs up
each week:  <http://gathman.org/photo/dscn7258.jpg>

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 	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
Business Management Systems Inc.  Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
"Confutatis maledictis, flamis acribus addictis" - background song for
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