The Big Book of Small Python Projects by Al Sweigart

The Big Book of Small Python Projects

81 Easy Practice Programs

Al Sweigart

No Starch Press · Print & ebook · June 25, 2021

Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.

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Who it’s for
Python learners with basic syntax who want hands-on project practice
Themes
Python programming projects, Learn-by-doing practice, Games and simulations
Genres
Python Programming, Programming Basics, Game Dev

About this book

Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity. If you’ve mastered basic Python syntax and you’re ready to start writing programs, you’ll find The Big Book of Small Python Projects 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.

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Once you see how the code works, you’ll practice re-creating the programs and experiment by adding your own custom touches. 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. You’ll create: • Hangman, Blackjack, and other games to play against your friends or the computer • Simulations of a forest fire, a million dice rolls, and a Japanese abacus • Animations like a virtual fish tank, a rotating cube, and a bouncing DVD logo screensaver • A first-person 3D maze game • Encryption programs that use ciphers like ROT13 and Vigenère to conceal text If you’re tired of standard step-by-step tutorials, you’ll love the learn-by-doing approach of The Big Book of Small Python Projects. It’s proof that good things come in small programs!

Where it sits

Python Programming100%
Game Dev64%
Programming Basics42%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Python Programming
  • Open Source Development
Authors
Al Sweigart
Publisher
No Starch Press
Published
June 25, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Python programming projects · Learn-by-doing practice · Games and simulations
Reading lane
Object-Oriented Programming