An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)
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Understand the structure of this class, explore Python as a calculator
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6 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review
Learn the basic constructs of Python programming, create a program that plays a variant of Rock-Paper-Scissors
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Learn the basics of event-driven programming, understand difference between local and global variables, create an interactive program that plays a simple guessing game
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8 videos5 readings2 assignments1 peer review
Create a canvas in Python, learn how to draw on the canvas, create a digital stopwatch
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Learn the basics of lists in Python, model moving objects in Python, recreate the classic arcade game "Pong"
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5 Reviewed on Jun 9, 2019
I am not particularly new to python, but I am new to interactive programming. The material and the projects were relevant and interesting and thought it was a great introductory course.
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This was a fun and convenient course, and it was a great start to learning programming for me. There must have been lots of thought and talent put into it to make it that way.Thank you!
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