https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Coen de Groot - Independent Python Trainer Hugo en-uk https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0010-how-i-explain-break/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0010-how-i-explain-break/ ‘break’ may not be an essential Python syntax, but it can simplify your code. This is the story I tell to explain ‘break’ https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0020-how-i-structure-my-exercises/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0020-how-i-structure-my-exercises/ Not everyone learns at the same speed or in the same way. I create many exercises for each course, with different exercises for different learners https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/how-to-rescue-a-course-behind-schedule/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/how-to-rescue-a-course-behind-schedule/ My top tips for putting a course back on track when you have too much to cover in too little time https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/python-training-and-the-walrus-operator/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/python-training-and-the-walrus-operator/ When, why and how I teach Python’s walrus operator https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/with-ai-is-there-still-need-for-python-training/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/with-ai-is-there-still-need-for-python-training/ Has AI reached a point where we no longer need to write Python code ourselves, let alone learn Python? https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0090-how-and-why-i-explain-expressions-when-teaching-python/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0090-how-and-why-i-explain-expressions-when-teaching-python/ When working in Python you may not think about what is or isn’t an expression. Yet it makes understanding variables, name spaces and more much easier https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0110-why-i-ask-attendees-to-use-an-ide-during-a-beginners-python-course/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coendegroot.com/posts/0110-why-i-ask-attendees-to-use-an-ide-during-a-beginners-python-course/ Integrated Development Environments are great for professional developers. But should you really ask beginners to use an IDE? And, why did I choose PyCharm over all the others?