Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.
If youâve mastered basic Python syntax and youâre ready to start writing programs, youâll find The Big Book of Small Python Projects both enlightening and fun. This collection of 81 Python projects will have you making digital art, games, animations, counting pro- grams, and more right away. Once you see how the code works, youâll practice re-creating the programs and experiment by adding your own custom touches.
These simple, text-based programs are 256 lines of code or less. And whether itâs a vintage screensaver, a snail-racing game, a clickbait headline generator, or animated strands of DNA, each project is designed to be self-contained so you can easily share it online.
Youâll create: ⢠Hangman, Blackjack, and other games to play against your friends or the computer ⢠Simulations of a forest fire, a million dice rolls, and a Japanese abacus ⢠Animations like a virtual fish tank, a rotating cube, and a bouncing DVD logo screensaver ⢠A first-person 3D maze game ⢠Encryption programs that use ciphers like ROT13 and Vigenère to conceal text
If youâre tired of standard step-by-step tutorials, youâll love the learn-by-doing approach of The Big Book of Small Python Projects. Itâs proof that good things come in small programs!
The Big Book of Small Python Projects - Al Sweigart
Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.
If youâve mastered basic Python syntax and youâre ready to start writing programs, youâll find The Big Book of Small Python Projects both enlightening and fun. This collection of 81 Python projects will have you making digital art, games, animations, counting pro- grams, and more right away. Once you see how the code works, youâll practice re-creating the programs and experiment by adding your own custom touches.
These simple, text-based programs are 256 lines of code or less. And whether itâs a vintage screensaver, a snail-racing game, a clickbait headline generator, or animated strands of DNA, each project is designed to be self-contained so you can easily share it online.
Youâll create: ⢠Hangman, Blackjack, and other games to play against your friends or the computer ⢠Simulations of a forest fire, a million dice rolls, and a Japanese abacus ⢠Animations like a virtual fish tank, a rotating cube, and a bouncing DVD logo screensaver ⢠A first-person 3D maze game ⢠Encryption programs that use ciphers like ROT13 and Vigenère to conceal text
If youâre tired of standard step-by-step tutorials, youâll love the learn-by-doing approach of The Big Book of Small Python Projects. Itâs proof that good things come in small programs!