Python Playground
No Starch Press (Verlag)
978-1-59327-604-1 (ISBN)
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.
The projects in this book are compatible with both Python 2 and 3.
Mahesh Venkitachalam is a software engineer with over 15 years of experience developing 3D scientific visualization applications. He maintains a blog on electronics and programming at electronut.in.
Part 1: Warming Up
Chapter 1: Parsing iTunes Playlists
Chapter 2: Spirographs
Part 2: Simulating Life
Chapter 3: Conway’s Game of Life
Chapter 4: Generating Musical Overtones with the Karplus-Strong Algorithm
Chapter 5: Boids: Simulating a Flock
Part 3: Fun with Images
Chapter 6: ASCII Art
Chapter 7: Photomosaics
Chapter 8: Autostereograms
Part 4: Enter 3D
Chapter 9: Understanding OpenGL
Chapter 10: Particle Systems
Chapter 11: Volume Rendering
Part 5: Hardware Hacking
Chapter 12: Introduction to Arduino
Chapter 13: Laser Audio Display
Chapter 14: A Raspberry Pi–based Weather Monitor
Appendix A: Software Installation
Appendix B: Basic Practical Electronics
Appendix C: Raspberry Pi Tips & Tricks
View the detailed Table of Contents (PDF)
View the Index
If you want to become adept at doing clever things with Python, I doubt you'll find a better group of projects or more useful help for understanding how the language works.
IT World
| Verlagsort | Daly City, California |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 250 mm |
| Gewicht | 666 g |
| Einbandart | kartoniert |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge ► Python |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet | |
| Schlagworte | Arduino™ • Python • Python 2.7 • Python 3 • Python (Programmiersprache); Einführung • Raspberry Pi |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59327-604-4 / 1593276044 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59327-604-1 / 9781593276041 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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