Rice University
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)
Rice University

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)

This course is part of Fundamentals of Computing Specialization

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John Greiner
Stephen Wong
Scott Rixner

Instructors: John Greiner

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There are 5 modules in this course

Understand the structure of this class, explore Python as a calculator

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6 videos4 readings1 quiz1 peer review

Learn the basic constructs of Python programming, create a program that plays a variant of Rock-Paper-Scissors

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7 videos5 readings1 quiz1 peer review

Learn the basics of event-driven programming, understand difference between local and global variables, create an interactive program that plays a simple guessing game

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8 videos5 readings2 quizzes1 peer review

Create a canvas in Python, learn how to draw on the canvas, create a digital stopwatch

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7 videos4 readings2 quizzes1 peer review

Learn the basics of lists in Python, model moving objects in Python, recreate the classic arcade game "Pong"

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8 videos4 readings2 quizzes1 peer review

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4.9 (272 ratings)
John Greiner
Rice University
2 Courses221,485 learners
Stephen Wong
Rice University
2 Courses221,485 learners

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