I’m currently teaching Python to a few teachers at the Diego Thomson. I originally thought we would progress much faster, but it didn’t work out too well. Most of the teachers didn’t have very good knowledge in the languages they are currently using (mostly Visual Basic 6 and VB.Net). So there was not much knowledge to build on. Also there was at least one profesor who had not programed at all in his life.
Today is the fourth course and so far I have only covered:
- Python basics such as strings, numbers, conditions, using functions
- A bit more basics such as lists, loops and defining functions
- Creating and using classes
- Reading and writing files, pickle, string methods, library documentation
The next week I should get started with GUI programming because there are only two Python lessons left. Then we are continuing with PHP (and HTML, etc.) for four days.
One advantage of Python is the number of Spanish documentation. I collected some at my delicious account: Spanish Python documentation. The most important ones:
- Inmersión en Python (Spanish version of Dive Into Python)
- Documentación de Python, Spanish translation of the official documentation. Primarily the tutorial and the library reference. Very outdated though.
Generally it seems to me that the state of Spanish translation in the free software world is even worse than for German.