The Big Book of Small Python Projects

<p><strong>Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.</strong></p> <p>If you've mastered basic Python syntax and you're ready to start writing programs, you'll find <em>The Big Book of Small Python Projects</em> 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, you'll practice re-creating the programs and experiment by adding your own custom touches.</p> <p>These simple, text-based programs are 256 lines of code or less. And whether it's 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.</p> <p>You'll create:<br />&bull; Hangman, Blackjack, and other games to play against your friends or the computer<br />&bull; Simulations of a forest fire, a million dice rolls, and a Japanese abacus<br />&bull; Animations like a virtual fish tank, a rotating cube, and a bouncing DVD logo screensaver<br />&bull; A first-person 3D maze game<br />&bull; Encryption programs that use ciphers like ROT13 and Vigen&egrave;re to conceal text</p> <p>If you're tired of standard step-by-step tutorials, you'll love the learn-by-doing approach of <em>The Big Book of Small Python Projects</em>. It's proof that good things come in small programs!</p>