Visualising Maths using Python - Understanding sines and cosines and their link with the circle through an animation using Python and turtle
Do You Really Know What Sines and Cosines Are? Visualising Maths Using Python and Turtle
Tag: Beginners
The terms beginners, intermediate, and advanced are often used, but they’re really hard to define. What’s intermediate for a beginner is beginner’s stuff for someone advanced, and so on. Still, at least Beginners has a clear starting point, so some posts will be tagged as beginners.
Understanding Two-Point Perspective Drawing using Python
Have you ever struggled to truly understand a topic? Perhaps one related to your work, or maybe linked to a hobby? Writing a computer program to investigate the subject can often help you get that extra level of understanding you're looking for. I've often used this method to understand fairly abstract physics concepts in my… Continue reading Understanding Two-Point Perspective Drawing using Python
How Do They Build The Starships in Star Trek? Classes and Objects in Python
With so many new Star Trek series coming out at the moment and in the near future, new and old Trekkies are all asking the same question: How do they build the starships in the Star Trek universe? Or maybe it's just me? This article will boldly go on a journey through classes and objects… Continue reading How Do They Build The Starships in Star Trek? Classes and Objects in Python
What is coding? Beyond the obvious…
This week, instead of one of the tutorial-type articles I've been publishing recently, I'll go back to basics with an article aimed at those who are new to coding or those who are interested to know more about what this subject really is. Until relatively recently, coding was a subject reserved for a select few.… Continue reading What is coding? Beyond the obvious…
Practise Using Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Sets in Python With the Chaotic Balls Animation
One of the early topics covered when learning to code deals with the built-in data structures in Python. Lists are usually learned early on, followed by dictionaries and tuples. Sets are not normally one of the earliest topics covered. However, that's not because they're complex but because they're used less often in Python. Understanding the… Continue reading Practise Using Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Sets in Python With the Chaotic Balls Animation
Python Readability, the PEP 8 Style Guide, and Learning Latin
Over the past couple of years, I've decided to start ticking things off my lifetime to-do list. We all have things "we'd like to do at some point when we have time." I finally started carving time out of my days to do these things. In the past two years, I've learned touch-typing (that's right,… Continue reading Python Readability, the PEP 8 Style Guide, and Learning Latin
Python City: Understanding how a Python Program Works (The White Room Series #3)
You've written a Python script or a project containing several modules. You press Run, figuratively or literally. What happens behind the scenes in the microseconds or seconds or minutes it takes for your program to run? You can dive into the details about the internal functioning of Python to learn how a Python program works.… Continue reading Python City: Understanding how a Python Program Works (The White Room Series #3)
Understanding Python Functions With The Function Room (The White Room Series #2)
You've probably already learned about defining functions in Python and how to add parameters and return statements. You may even have learned about more advanced features of Python functions. But can you picture exactly what they do and what's really happening behind the scenes when you call a function? In this blog, I'll build on… Continue reading Understanding Python Functions With The Function Room (The White Room Series #2)
The Real World in Python: Coding A Bouncing Ball (Bouncing Ball Series #1)
The real world can be a difficult place to understand. Whether you're trying to make sense of the people that make up the real world and their actions, or the physical world itself, things are never easy. Sometimes, coding can help understand what's going on and maybe, just maybe, help find a solution to a… Continue reading The Real World in Python: Coding A Bouncing Ball (Bouncing Ball Series #1)
Monty Will Help You Learn Python Coding, But Who’s Monty? (The White Room Series #1)
When you learn Python coding, you start by learning about the tools you'll need and the rules for each one of those tools. You learn the syntax of the for loop and what it does, for example. With time, you also learn when to use this tool and when not to use it. What's more… Continue reading Monty Will Help You Learn Python Coding, But Who’s Monty? (The White Room Series #1)