Python - A Space Adventure
Python - A Space Adventure
About the Book
This is book is for all those of you that might be learning a programming language for the first time. We've made the content exciting by adding a Sci Fi narrative. We hope you will enjoy it
About the Author
Table of Contents
- Programming in Python: A Space Adventure 🌌
- 🗂️ How This Book is Organized
- 🌌 Narrative
- Code Repository
- 👩💻 Who This Book is For
- 📚 How to Use This Book
- 🎉 Finally
- 📬 Contact
- 🎥 Teaser
- Chapter 1: Hello Python
- Introduction
- Narrative: Prologue - leaving Earth
- Why Python
- Installing Python
- Using the REPL
- Challenge
- Assignment, ships status, report
- Quiz
- Solution
- Chapter 2: Data types and variables
- Introduction
- Narrative: Time for a space walk
- Why are there types?
- Using
type()to find out the data type
- Using variables
- Primitive vs complex data types
- integer, to store whole numbers
- float, for representing decimals
- str, to represent text
- bool, representing True or False
- More on data types
- Conversions
- Assignment, describe the ship’s components
- Solution
- Quiz
- Chapter 3: Operators in Python
- Introduction
- Narrative: Rerouting the Power Supply
- What are operators and operands?
- Comparison operators
- Operator Precedence
- Assignment
- Solution
- Quiz
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Conditional Statements in Python
- Introduction
- Narrative: Gravity Flip
- What are the types of conditional statements?
ifStatement
elseStatement
elifStatement
- Assignment
- Solution
- Quiz
- Chapter 5: Loops, iterating over many elements
- Introduction
- Narrative: Friendly Intruder
- while, repeat until meeting a condition
- Using
for
range()in detail, control start, end and incrementation
- Use
enumerate()to get index and value
- Combining Data Sources in the Alien-Catching Scenario
- list comprehension
- Assignment: Build an Alien Trap Simulation
- Solution
- Quiz
- Chapter 6: Functions in Python
- Introduction
- Narrative: Oxygen Failure
- Using functions
- Functions with parameters
- Returning values
- Chaining calls
- Built-in functions
- Assignment
- Solution
- Quiz
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Program arguments
- Narrative: Drones gone rogue
- Introduction
- Run Python code from a file
- Passing arguments
- Assignment
- Quiz
- Summary
- Chapter 8: User input
- Introduction
- Narrative: Star chart scramble
- Why is user input important?
- Using
input()function
- Handling number input
- Multiline input
- Assignment, fixing navigation system
- Solution
- Quiz
- Chapter 9: Collection types
- Narrative: Ghost Ship
- List, for storing multiple items in a single variable
- Dictionary, storing data in a more meaningful way
- Tuple, when you want to group related data
- Assignment
- Solution
- Quiz
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Files and directories
- Introduction
- Narrative: Captain’s log?
- What is a file and a directory?
- Working with files and directories
- Open a file
- Reading a file
- Adding robustness
- Write to a file
- Append to a file
- Close a file
- Using the “with” statement
- Working with file paths
- File info
- Directories
- Compression
- Working with zip files
- Assignment
- Solution
- Quiz
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Turtle Graphics
- Introduction
- Narrative: Star chart
- What is turtle graphics and why use it?
- How to use turtle graphics
- Use the mouse to draw shapes
- Advanced example, let’s build star system chart
- More advanced UI
- Assignment
- Solution
- Quiz
- Summary
- Chapter 12: Game programming
- Introduction
- Narrative: Almost, but not quite - Asteroids!!!
- The game loop
- Drawing to the screen
- Moving the ship
- Adding meteors and collisions
- Loading Assets
- Sound
- Assignment - build a meteor simulator
- Solution
- Challenge
- Quiz
- Summary
- Epilogue
- Programming in Python: A Space Adventure 🌌
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