Python Playground: Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer
- 4h 23m
- Mahesh Venkitachalam
- No Starch Press
- 2016
Python is a powerful programming language that's easy to learn and fun to play with. But once you've gotten a handle on the basics, what do you do next?
Python Playground is a collection of imaginative programming projects that will inspire you to use Python to make art and music, build simulations of real-world phenomena, and interact with hardware like the Arduino and Raspberry Pi. You'll learn to use common Python tools and libraries like numpy, matplotlib, and pygame to do things like:
- Generate Spirograph-like patterns using parametric equations and the turtle module
- Create music on your computer by simulating frequency overtones
- Translate graphical images into ASCII art
- Write an autostereogram program that produces 3D images hidden beneath random patterns
- Make realistic animations with OpenGL shaders by exploring particle systems, transparency, and billboarding techniques
- Construct 3D visualizations using data from CT and MRI scans
- Build a laser show that responds to music by hooking up your computer to an Arduino
Programming shouldn't be a chore. Have some solid, geeky fun with Python Playground.
About the Author
Mahesh Venkitachalam is a software engineer with two decades of programming experience. He has nurtured a passion for technology since the eighth grade, which he channels into his popular electronics and programming blog, electronut.in.
In this Book
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Parsing it Unes Playlists
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Spirographs
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Conway's Game of Life
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Generating Musical Overtones With the Karplus-Strong Algorithm
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Boids: Simulating A Flock
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ASCII Art
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Photomosaics
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Autostereograms
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Understanding Opengl
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Particle Systems
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Volume Rendering
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Introduction to the Arduino
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Laser Audio Display
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A Raspberry Pi–Ba Sed Weather Monitor
