Online Python Tutor: Learn programming by visualizing code execution
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HN comment orderOh wow, woke up this morning to some great emails. Thanks, everyone! Here is some context behind the current incarnation of Online Python Tutor: https://plus.google.com/+ResearchatGoogle/posts/cseo9qi7LWq
Here are some related links: Demo of Python Tutor being used in a computer science textbook: http://www.composingprograms.com/pages/17-recursive-function... The textbook above is from the introductory computer science course at UC Berkeley (http://cs61a.org) Previous Discussion (~3 years ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4601478 If you are interested in the technical details of CPython, the author posted a mini course on technical details about CPython here: http://pgbovine.net/cpython-internals.htm 1…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 673
- Total comments
- 60
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-18 | Online Python Tutor | izuzak | 5 | 0 |
| 2012-09-19 | Online Python Tutor | finin | 4 | 0 |
| 2012-10-02 | Online Python Tutor: Learn programming by visualizing code executionFirst breakout · Best thread | ColinWright | 325 | 41 |
| 2013-01-16 | Learn Programming by Visualizing Code Execution | interconnector | 3 | 0 |
| 2013-08-12 | Online Python Tutor | ekm2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014-03-20 | Online Python Tutor – Learn programming by visualizing code execution | c-oreills | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-12-04 | Visualize Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, C, and C++ Programs | talles | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-02-29 | Visualize Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, C, and C++ Code ExecutionHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | kercker | 317 | 18 |
| 2018-10-10 | Visualize Python, Java, C, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Ruby Code Execution | okket | 12 | 1 |
| 2019-03-16 | Code visualization and collaborative learning platform | sonabinu | 3 | 0 |