Learn Python Visually (No Starch Press)
Wednesday, 26 May 2021

This beginners book introduces non-programmers to the fundamentals of computer coding within a visual, arts-focused context. Tristan Bunn teaches core coding concepts using Python's Processing.py, an open-source graphical development environment. The book shows how to produce and manipulate colorful drawings, shapes and patterns as Bunn walks the reader through a series of easy-to-follow graphical coding projects that grow increasingly complex. You’ll go from drawing with code to animating a bouncing DVD screensaver and practicing data-visualization techniques.

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Author: Tristan Bunn
Publisher: No Starch
Date: April 2021
Pages: 296
ISBN: 978-1718500969
Print: 1718500963
Kindle: B08JKNHDWN
Audience: non-programmers
Level: Introductory
Category: Python

  • Basic coding theories and concepts, like variables, data types, pixel coordinates, control flow and algorithms
  • Writing code that produces drawings, patterns, animations, data visualizations, user interfaces, and simulations
  • Using conditional statements, iteration, randomness, lists and dictionaries
  • Defining functions, reducing repetition, and making your code more modular
  • How to write classes, and create objects to structure code more efficiently

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