Today's soundtrack is Samantha Fish: Black Wind Howlin'. I've made it to the "Turtle Graphics" section of Coding Projects in Python, which is a welcome change of pace. I learned right away that I shouldn't call the file "turtle.py" to avoid any system errors, and I found out that Python uses the US spelling, "color." … Continue reading 03.13.2018: One Lesson of Python
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03.10.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Steely Dan: The Royal Scam. I'm moving on to the next section of Coding Projects in Python, which addresses tweaking the"Nine Lives" game. Some of the suggestions given are adding more words, changing the words to incorporate a different number of letters, reducing the number of lives, letting the player choose easy, … Continue reading 03.10.2018: One Lesson of Python
03.08.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Infected Mushroom: Vicious Delicious. I'm on to the next section of Coding Projects in Python, "Nine Lives." In this section, I'll be learning to make a hangman-esque letter guessing game. I started by importing the "random" module, choosing how many lives the player starts with, making a list of words for the … Continue reading 03.08.2018: One Lesson of Python
03.02.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Smash Mouth: Fush Yu Mang. I'll be working on modules in this chapter of Coding Projects in Python. Modules automate lots of ways of doing things, like randomizing options (random), communicating online (socket), or open a web browser (webbrowser). First, import the module, then type the name of the module before the … Continue reading 03.02.2018: One Lesson of Python
02.26.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Arcturus: Arcturian. The Randomizer told me to work on coding today, so I'm on to the next chapter of Coding Projects in Python, "Password Picker." In this chapter, I'll be learning how to make a secure password generator in Python by using Python's "random" module. The lesson was a fun one; it … Continue reading 02.26.2018: One Lesson of Python
02.22.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Struggle Jennings: I Am Struggle. Rather than doing an actual lesson today, I'm going to try putting together a little program that will calculate approximately how many edge pieces a puzzle should have. I tried to work out the equation myself and was unsuccessful. Based on some research I did online on … Continue reading 02.22.2018: One Lesson of Python
02.15.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Woods of Ypres: Grey Skies & Electric Light. I'm continuing today with Coding Projects in Python. This chapter is about identifying and fixing bugs. I learned that I can right-click an error code and choose to go to the line where the error has occurred. The book says that common errors include … Continue reading 02.15.2018: One Lesson of Python
02.09.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Ape Rising: Ape Rising. The fates have decreed that I shall continue working through Coding Projects in Python. I'm now working on naming blocks of code. Once named, these blocks of code are called "functions." I've learned that there functions built into the Python editor: input(), print(), max(), min(), lower(), upper(), replace(), … Continue reading 02.09.2018: One Lesson of Python
02.08.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack: Au Revoir Simone: Night Light. I woke up before my alarm today; I'm not sure why, but I'm wide awake now. I made some coffee, then checked my Randomizer to see what I'm up to today. I'm on to the next chapter in Coding Projects in Python: "Hacks and Tweaks," in which I'm … Continue reading 02.08.2018: One Lesson of Python
02.07.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack: Marcel Tyberg: Masses. I'm learning Python from the book Coding Projects in Python. Today's lesson covered how to make an animal quiz. I slightly modified the questions and answers for my own amusement. I learned how to add questions, allow user inputs, check the answer, allow for upper-or-lower cases, give multiple chances, give … Continue reading 02.07.2018: One Lesson of Python
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