https://github.com/dplaton/interactive-programming-python

Mini-projects from the Interactive Programming in Python course from Coursera
https://github.com/dplaton/interactive-programming-python

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Mini-projects from the Interactive Programming in Python course from Coursera

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dplaton/interactive-programming-python
• Owner: dplaton
• Created: 2013-12-21T07:07:08.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-12-22T08:38:52.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-11T04:41:18.489Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: game-development, learning, python
• Language: Python
• Size: 109 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
Interactive Programming in Python - mini-projects

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["Interactive Programming in Python"](https://class.coursera.org/interactivepython-003/class) is one of the best courses on Coursera, and one of the best Python courses. This course uses an interesting way to get you to love Python: videogames. You will slowly work your way up the "Python ladder" by implementing one small project each week, consisting of a videogame. Whether is Black-Jack or Memory or Pong, it's a fun way to learn a new programming language. The most interesting part is that you can actually code your python project online, using [CodeSkulptor](http://www.codeskulptor.org), an online Python development tool created by one of the teachers on this course, Scott Rixner.

These are the mini-projects I developed during the course.

Disclaimer:

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These are not here for you to copy. These are here for your reference. I strongly encourage you to take this course and work on these on your own. They're especially aimed at the beginners in Python.

Prerequisites:

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* [Python 2.7](http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/) (they'll probably work in Python 3, but they need a bit of adjusting)

* [SimpleGUITk](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SimpleGUITk) library - the course uses a custom library called Simplegui, but that library is only available in [CodeSkulptor](http://www.codeskulptor.org)

* [SimpleGUICS2Pygame](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SimpleGUICS2Pygame) - an alternative to SimpleGUITk; used in week 8 because SimpleGUITk on Linux has some problems with loading sound files from URLs

Projects description:

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* Week 1: Rock, paper, scissors, lizzard, Spock - a gentle introduction to python and conditionals

* Week 2: Guess the number - introduces the "frame", input fields and events

* Week 3: Stopwatch - introduces the timer and the canvas, and string manipulation

* Week 4: Pong - who doesn't love Pong? Introduces drawings to canvas and collisions. Also, introduces a bit the concept of lists and touples

* Week 5: Memory - nice card game; teaches you how to draw images on the canvas

* Week 6: Black jack - you know what it is

* Week 7: Spaceship - things get serious. You'll learn about movement, friction, sprite animation

* Week 8: Rice-rocks - the final projects is an adaptation of a game called [Asteroids](http://www.play.vg/games/4-Asteroids.html).