Python Playground: Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer

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Название: Python Playground: Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer

Автор: Mahesh Venkitachalam

Издательство: No Starch Press

Год: 2016

Страниц: 353

ISBN: 9781593277338, 1593277334

Формат: PDF

Размер: 12.2 Мб

Язык: English

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.

Содержание

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 & Trick