Re: [pygame] pygame for portable python

[René Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

python 3.0 is *not* so good to teach.  Most of the available tutorials, and books use 2.x.  Most of the available code uses 2.x

Major modules like numpy, pyopengl, and 5000+ other modules are not ready for python3 yet.

It's just not ready yet (even the python developers say that).


However, when are you teaching it?  We might be able to get a python3 release of pygame ready in time.


cheers,

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Andre Krause <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

dear list, i need pygame for

www.portablepython.com

i need it for teaching programming to total beginners. i choose python 3.0.1
version of portable python, because it avoids some problems that would confuse
programming beginners ( for example the integer division problem)

later in the course i introduce pygame and let them program a very simple
breakout like game and a baloon pop game.

question: is pygame already compatible with python 3.0.1 ?


i tried installing the binary release:

"pygame-1.8.1.win32-py2.6.msi ~  1.4M (python2.5.4 is the best python on windows
at the moment)"

would it help if i would try a svn - nightly build version ?


currently, i get the error message:


"Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<string>", line 248, in run_nodebug
 File "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\herc\Eigene Dateien\module1.py", line 2,
in <module>
   from pygame import *
 File "c:\PortablePython3\App\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 70
   raise NotImplementedError, MissingPygameModule
                            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax"


kind regards and thanks in advance !