Interface & application programming / 10.04.2013

I have no programming experience. But this week I've tried to understand different programming languages ​​and, well,  I was able to change lines of code. After Neil's class, I thought I had to do something simple to practice. It's a good start for me, then decide what programming language can help me in my Fab Academy and my work. My colleague Juan Carlos Venegas has taught a smattering of Processing for us. I have learned a little about the structure of a program and what my pc and I need to cook programs. After seeing language processing and some of C language, I have decided that my program would be in python. I have read PYTHON FOR CHILDREN, an ideal book for me. So, I installed in python ubuntu and I followed the Neil's classes, I downloaded your code to two plates in the Fab Lab Sevilla have done for Fab Academy (temperature and light). At first I started making simple changes in the file hello.light.45.py.Yo changed colors and shapes of the file. I checked the changes and they were correct. After I try hello.light plate I've tried with hello.temp plate to receive and display the temperature. I had already downloaded the Tkinter module, and serial numpy. I've used Ubuntu gedit to open the file hello.temp.45.py and I made the following changes (hello.temp.45.prueba.py): • I've changed the canvas size • I have also changed the color of the canvas. • I've added text. I have also changed the position and size of the text displayed temperature. • I have changed the title of the window and the character to close the window. • To show the temperature increase I have used a rectangle which grows in proportion to the temperature rise.     At first I had no experience in programming. This practice is for me to know that I have to move much faster than my colleagues, but I helped start, seriously, to learn programming languages. I hope when I finish the Fab Academy is good programmer in some language. For now, I have the Python book for children in my nightstand. I want to thank my colleague José Pérez de Lama his patience with me and effort for me to end this practice. Thank you very much. Software:: Python, tkinter, serial.py, Processing, Ubuntu Hardware:: hello.temp.45 board, FTDI cable