What happened to the 2009 IPy Notes?
Around this time last year, I started posting weekly reports on the IronPython classes I was teaching at Northtec, including copies of the material that I was giving the students. ย These stopped abruptly around the middle of the course. ย The course did complete (and was fairly successful - I think the change to IronPython was definitely for the better), and I did continue making notes as I taught. ย However, I didn’t manage to get them online. On the 10th of October 2009, my father passed away (very unexpectedly, of a heart attack the day before). ย As a result, I didn’t have as much extra time as I had anticipated, and I didn’t really have the energy/motivation to post the notes. ย (The classes continued, except the week of the funeral, where the hours were halved). The course began again last week (21st July 2010), and I’m going to try this again. ย As I go, I’ll complete the 2009 notes as well (some/all of the links in the 2009 ones are broken, which I’ll fix, and when I get to where the notes stopped, I’ll post the notes that I took last year, although these will be less exhaustive than if I had done them at the time). No promises, but I expect that I’ll be able to post throughout the entire course this year, and I’ll again make the material that I use available (you may use it under a Creative Commons license if you wish, although much of the material is references to IronPython in Action). I had planned to present a short summary of the experience of using IronPython in this way at PyCon NZ, but I’m again unable to make it this year (for happier reasons - a close friend is getting married that day); perhaps next year! ย I’m still interested in hearing from anyone else that’s using IronPython in the classroom.