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GASP provides a simple, procedural graphics API for beginning students using Python.

It is built on top of pygame, and is designed to lead students into full use of the python and object oriented programming.

cd ~
wget http://dev.laptop.org/~ffm/gasp/downloads/gasp.sh
. gasp.sh

https://launchpad.net/gasp-code The GASP project in Launchpad
http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/gasp/ Short course -tutorial, lesson plans and worksheets
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python (can be spread into a) year long python intro that makes use of GASP (WiP)

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 [https://launchpad.net/gasp GASP] provides a simple, procedural graphics API for beginning students using Python. [[Image:GASP-logo.png|100px|right]]
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 == GASP on the XO ==
-cd ~
+ cd ~
-wget http://dev.laptop.org/~ffm/gasp/downloads/gasp.sh
+ wget http://dev.laptop.org/~ffm/gasp/downloads/gasp.sh
-. gasp.sh
+ . gasp.sh
-== GASP in the classroom ==
+== More Information ==
+* https://launchpad.net/gasp-code The GASP project in Launchpad
-* [http://www.openbookproject.net//pyBiblio/gasp/gasp lessons/html/|Short course] -tutorial, lesson plans and worksheets
+* http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/gasp/ Short course -tutorial, lesson plans and worksheets
 * [http://openbookproject.net//thinkCS/python/english/ How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python] (can be spread into a) year long python intro that makes use of GASP  (WiP)