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  • Published: 15 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9781718501249
  • Imprint: No Starch
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $110.00
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The Big Book of Small Python Projects

81 Easy Practice Programs




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

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. 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!

  • Published: 15 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9781718501249
  • Imprint: No Starch
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $110.00
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Praise for The Big Book of Small Python Projects

Praise for the Author's bestselling book, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python:

"If you are new to Python, get this book. . . If you lie in the category of experienced Pythonistas and haven't read this book, you should also take out some time and read it."
--The Startup, Medium

"The best part of programming is the triumph of seeing the machine do something useful. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python frames all of programming as these small triumphs; it makes the boring fun."
--Hilary Mason, Founder of Fast Forward Labs and Data Scientist in Residence at Accel

"Do you need Automate the Boring Stuff with Python? Yes, if you want to enhance your workflow by using automation, this is an excellent place to start. Highly recommended."
--Network World

"Valuable to have on your shelf. . . an extremely useful book."
--Kids, Code, and Computer Science Magazine

"Written in easy to understand language with a gentle approach. . . Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is the perfect manual to get your computer doing the busywork."
--Games Fiends

"Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is perfect for anyone who has menial tasks they don't want to spend hours doing."
--GeekMom