Impractical Python projects : playful programming activities to make you smarter /

Vaughan, Lee,

Impractical Python projects : playful programming activities to make you smarter / by Lee Vaughan. - xxv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Silly pseudonyms -- Pugnacious palingrams -- What's in a name? anagrams! -- Civil War ciphers -- The null cipher -- Elementary ink -- Genetic algorithms -- Counting syllables -- The Markov haiku -- Are we alone? -- The Monty Hall problem -- The golden nest egg -- Lo volcano simulator -- The Mars orbiter -- Aligning the planets -- Benford's law.

"A book of fun coding projects for readers who know a little Python already and want to expand their skills. Simulate volcanoes, map Mars, and more, while gaining experience using free modules like Tkinter, matplotlib, Cprofile, Pylint, Pygame, Pillow, and Python-Docx"--

9781593278908 (paperback) 159327890X (pbk. : alk. paper)

2018027576


Python (Computer program language)

QA76.73.P98 / V38 2019

005.13 VAU