Creative Coding in Python: 30+ Programming Projects in Art, Games, and More

Name: Creative Coding in Python: 30+ Programming Projects in Art, Games, and More
ISBN: 9781631595813

by Sheena Vaidyanathan

Subject: Computers - Coding & Programming
Age: 9-12 years
Format: Trade Paperback
Pages: 144
Publisher: Quarry Books
Size: 20.8 cm × 23.9 cm
ISBN: 9781631595813

Creative Coding in Python teaches kids the fundamentals of computer programming and demonstrates how to code 30+ fun, creative projects using Python, a free, intuitive, open-source programming language that's one of the top five most popular worldwide.

Computer science educator Sheena Vaidyanathan helps kids understand the fundamental ideas of computer programming and the process of computational thinking using illustrations, flowcharts, and pseudocode, then shows how to apply those essentials to code exciting projects in Python:

Arcade games and apps: Understand GUI (graphical user interfaces) and create your own arcade games and apps.Geometric art: Use turtle graphics to create original masterpieces.Interactive fiction: Explore booleans and conditionals to invent “create your own adventure” games.Chatbots: Discover variables, strings, integers, and more to design conversational programs.Dice games: Reuse code to devise games of chance.What’s next? Look at exciting ways to use your powerful new skills and expand your knowledge of coding in Python.
Creative Coding in Python gives kids the tools they need to create their own computer programs.

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"Beginners as well as the more adept should find this of interest."

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"This book discusses practicalities, like how to save your file, while giving kids access to a powerful tool. No matter what their particular interests are, readers will be amazed at what they can do by the end of this book."

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"This book can really guide any beginner who wants to work with Python and learn to create pretty much anything, but even more, creating games as well as art!"

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