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<p style="background-color: #D7E0FA;"><font size="+2">Short link for this page: http://bit.ly/intermediate-python-projects</font></p>
== Write it from scratch ==
Practice solving problems in Python from scratch. These projects will guide you through breaking down the problem into steps and help you check your work along the way.
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<font size="+1">[[Scrabble challenge]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: implement a scrabble solver that will tell you the best Scrabble words given a particular Scrabble rack. Great for cheating at Words with Friends!
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** breaking down a problem and solving it in Python from scratch
** command line option parsing
** reading from files
** working with dictionaries and for loops
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<font size="+1">[[Flash card challenge]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: implement a flash card quizzer from scratch.
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** breaking down a problem and solving it in Python from scratch
** command line option parsing
** reading from files
** working with dictionaries and while loops
** working with randomness
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Practice the language and practical Python applications through bite-sized projects where we've written the scaffolding for you so you can get to the fun stuff quickly!
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<font size="+1">[[Twitter]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: 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.
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** using an API
** command line option parsing
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<font size="+1">[[ColorWall]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: Program graphical effects for a ColorWall.
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** using functions and classes
** reading other people's code
** working with time and randomness
** working with dictionaries and for loops
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<font size="+1">[[JeopardyDatabase| Databases and Jeopardy]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: learn how to get data from a database in Python while writing parts of a Jeopardy game, using real Jeopardy data!
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** the SQL database query language
** how to get data from a database in Python
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<font size="+1">[[Matplotlib| Plotting data with matplotlib]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: learn how to plot data with the matplotlib plotting library. Ditch Excel forever!
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** using the matplotlib Python plotting library to analyze data and generate graphs
** reading data from a file
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<font size="+1">[[Snakes_Pygame| Make a graphical game with Pygame]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: Add features to a Snakes game built in Pygame.
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** using the Pygame library
** using an event loop to make action happen
** manipulating images and sound in Python
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== Online tutorials ==
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<font size="+1">[[Make a website with Django]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: Work through the official Django tutorial, where you'll create an interactive poll application.
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** using the Django web application framework
** writing classes and thinking about inheritance
** using Python to interact with a database
** thinking about how web servers and clients interact
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<font size="+1">[[Object-oriented Python]]</font>
* <b>Project</b>: Create a mini-banking system with users and accounts.
* <b>Skills you'll practice</b>:
** understanding classes and objects
** building an entire program
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