The Big Book of Small Python Projects: 81 Easy Practice Programs by Al Sweigart

Description: The Big Book of Small Python Projects by Al Sweigart Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.If youve mastered basic Python syntax and youre ready to start writing programs, youll 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, youll 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 its 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.Youll 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 Vigen re to conceal textIf youre tired of standard step-by-step tutorials, youll love the learn-by-doing approach of The Big Book of Small Python Projects. Its proof that good things come in small programs! FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Al Sweigart is a professional software developer who teaches programming to kids and adults. Sweigart has written several bestselling programming books for beginners, including Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, Cracking Codes with Python, and Coding with Minecraft (all from No Starch Press). Review "Ive always been impressed by the variety of simple, but interesting and fun, projects Al can come up with and this collection takes that to the next level. . . . Even experienced coders are likely to be pulled into browsing through the wide variety that Al has put into this book." —Naomi Ceder, Fellow of the Python Software Foundation"Al Sweigart presents fun programs, inspiring learners to tweak them. Thats how I learned to program: tinkering with examples from books and magazines. It works!" –Luciano Ramalho, Technical Principal at ThoughtWorks and author of Fluent Python"Whether youre new to Python or want to exercise your coding brain, I recommend The Big Book of Small Python Projects to spark your thinking. Both the big and the small in the title are accurate. There are a lot of projects in this book, but most code takes up only a page or two. That makes it a fun reference book to get you into the flow or kick off a session in your terminal."—Adam DuVander, Founder, EveryDeveloper"This book is excellent for beginners to Python and a great reference book for programmers who are well versed in programming. Im happy to give this book 5 out of 5 stars!"—Greg Walters, Full Circle Magazine"This book is packed with fun and easy programs, I can confirm." —BC Gain, @bcamerongain Review Quote "Ive always been impressed by the variety of simple, but interesting and fun, projects Al can come up with and this collection takes that to the next level. . . . Even experienced coders are likely to be pulled into browsing through the wide variety that Al has put into this book." --Naomi Ceder, Fellow of the Python Software Foundation "Al Sweigart presents fun programs, inspiring learners to tweak them. Thats how I learned to program: tinkering with examples from books and magazines. It works!" -Luciano Ramalho, Technical Principal at ThoughtWorks and author of Fluent Python "Whether youre new to Python or want to exercise your coding brain, I recommend The Big Book of Small Python Projects to spark your thinking. Both the big and the small in the title are accurate. There are a lot of projects in this book, but most code takes up only a page or two. That makes it a fun reference book to get you into the flow or kick off a session in your terminal." --Adam DuVander, Founder, EveryDeveloper "This book is excellent for beginners to Python and a great reference book for programmers who are well versed in programming. Im happy to give this book 5 out of 5 stars!" --Greg Walters, Full Circle Magazine "This book is packed with fun and easy programs, I can confirm." --BC Gain, @bcamerongain Promotional "Headline" Programmers commonly read code to sharpen their coding skills just as a technical mountain climber might watch endless videos showing the details of a particularly hard technique. The 100+ short programs in Big Book of Small Python Projects are designed to help beginning-to-intermediate programmers expand their knowledge of how to deploy Python creatively and effectively by offering coding examples that will help them to tackle their own coding challenges. Details ISBN1718501242 Author Al Sweigart Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1718501242 ISBN-13 9781718501249 Format Paperback Imprint No Starch Press,US Place of Publication San Francisco Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-06-25 NZ Release Date 2021-06-25 US Release Date 2021-06-25 Publication Date 2021-06-25 UK Release Date 2021-06-25 Subtitle 81 Easy Practice Programs Illustrator Robb Mitz Vah Birth 1939 Death 1939 Affiliation University of Illinois Position Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts, and Sciences Qualifications OBE Publisher No Starch Press,US DEWEY 005.133 Audience General Pages 432 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132858031;

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