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Welcome to the Saturday afternoon projects section of the Boston Python Workshop! After lunch, we'll break out into groups to practice Python through short projects on a variety of fun and practical topics. |
Welcome to the Saturday afternoon projects section of the Boston Python Workshop! After lunch, we'll break out into groups to practice Python through short projects on a variety of fun and practical topics. |
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[[Twitter]]: Use the Twitter API to write the basic parts of a Twitter client. See what your friends are tweeting, get trending topics, search tweets, and more. |
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[[Wordplay]]: You are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in '<i>mt</i>'? Use Python to answer questions like this instantly while practicing manipulating data from a file and regular expressions. |
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[[ColorWall]]: Program graphical effects for a ColorWall using the <tt>Tkinter</tt> GUI toolkit. See the ColorWall in action [http://vimeo.com/16522975 here]. |
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You are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in '<i>mt</i>'? Use Python to answer questions like this instantly while practicing manipulating data from a file and regular expressions. |
You are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in '<i>mt</i>'? Use Python to answer questions like this instantly while practicing manipulating data from a file and regular expressions. |
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Explore the capabilities of the popular <tt>matplotlib</tt> graphing library. Chart a frequency analysis of the US Constitution, plot the world population over time, and more. Python and its graphing and math modules are a powerful alternative to spreadsheet programs like Excel. |
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Complete and customize text-based games like mad libs and hangman while practicing writing Python that interacts with users. |
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Program graphical effects for a ColorWall using the <tt>Tkinter</tt> GUI toolkit. See the ColorWall in action [http://vimeo.com/16522975 here]. |
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Latest revision as of 18:27, 13 May 2011
Welcome to the Saturday afternoon projects section of the Boston Python Workshop! After lunch, we'll break out into groups to practice Python through short projects on a variety of fun and practical topics.
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Twitter: Use the Twitter API to write the basic parts of a Twitter client. See what your friends are tweeting, get trending topics, search tweets, and more. |
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Wordplay: You are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in 'mt'? Use Python to answer questions like this instantly while practicing manipulating data from a file and regular expressions. |
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ColorWall: Program graphical effects for a ColorWall using the Tkinter GUI toolkit. See the ColorWall in action here. |
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