Big Book of Small Python Programming

Best-selling author Al Sweigart shows you how to easily build over 80 fun programs with minimal code and maximum creativity.

If you’ve mastered basic Python syntax and you’re ready to start writing programs, you’ll find The Big Book of Small Python Projects both enlightening and fun. This collection of 81 Python projects will have you making digital art, games, animations, counting pro- grams, and more right away. Once you see how the code works, you’ll practice re-creating the programs and experiment by adding your own custom touches.

These simple, text-based programs are 256 lines of code or less. And whether it’s a vintage screensaver, a snail-racing game, a clickbait headline generator, or animated strands of DNA, each project is designed to be self-contained so you can easily share it online.

You’ll create:

Hangman, Blackjack, and other games to play against your friends or the computer
Simulations of a forest fire, a million dice rolls, and a Japanese abacus
Animations like a virtual fish tank, a rotating cube, and a bouncing DVD logo screensaver
A first-person 3D maze game
Encryption programs that use ciphers like ROT13 and Vigenère to conceal text

If you’re tired of standard step-by-step tutorials, you’ll love the learn-by-doing approach of The Big Book of Small Python Projects. It’s proof that good things come in small programs!

Title: Big Book of Small Python Programming
Subtitle: 81 Easy Practice Programs
Publisher: No Starch Press
Author(s): Al Sweigart
Published: 2021-06-27
Edition: 1
Format: eBook (pdf, epub, mobi)
Pages: 536
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1718501242
ISBN-13: 9781718501249
License: Read online for free
Book Homepage: Free eBook, Errata, Code, Solutions, etc.

Title Page
Copyright
About the Author
Introduction
Project #1: Bagels
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #2: Birthday Paradox
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #3: Bitmap Message
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #4: Blackjack
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #5: Bouncing DVD Logo
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #6: Caesar Cipher
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #7: Caesar Hacker
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #8: Calendar Maker
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #9: Carrot in a Box
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #10: Cho-Han
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #11: Clickbait Headline Generator
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #12: Collatz Sequence
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #13: Conway’s Game of Life
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #14: Countdown
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #15: Deep Cave
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #16: Diamonds
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #17: Dice Math
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #18: Dice Roller
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #19: Digital Clock
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #20: Digital Stream
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #21: DNA Visualization
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #22: Ducklings
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #23: Etching Drawer
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #24: Factor Finder
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #25: Fast Draw
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #26: Fibonacci
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #27: Fish Tank
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #28: Flooder
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #29: Forest Fire Sim
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #30: Four in a Row
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #31: Guess the Number
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #32: Gullible
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #33: Hacking Minigame
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #34: Hangman and Guillotine
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #35: Hex Grid
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #36: Hourglass
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #37: Hungry Robots
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #38: J’Accuse!
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #39: Langton’s Ant
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #40: Leetspeak
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #41: Lucky Stars
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #42: Magic Fortune Ball
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #43: Mancala
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #44: Maze Runner 2D
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #45: Maze Runner 3D
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #46: Million Dice Roll Statistics Simulator
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #47: Mondrian Art Generator
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #48: Monty Hall Problem
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #49: Multiplication Table
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #50: Ninety-Nine Bottles
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #51: niNety-nniinE BoOttels
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #52: Numeral System Counters
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #53: Periodic Table of the Elements
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #54: Pig Latin
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #55: Powerball Lottery
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #56: Prime Numbers
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #57: Progress Bar
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #58: Rainbow
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #59: Rock Paper Scissors
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #60: Rock Paper Scissors (Always-Win Version)
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #61: ROT13 Cipher
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #62: Rotating Cube
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #63: Royal Game of Ur
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #64: Seven-Segment Display Module
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #65: Shining Carpet
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #66: Simple Substitution Cipher
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #67: Sine Message
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #68: Sliding Tile Puzzle
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #69: Snail Race
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #70: Soroban Japanese Abacus
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #71: Sound Mimic
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #72: sPoNgEcAsE
    tHe PrOgRaM iN AcTiOn
    hOw It WoRkS
    ExPloRiNg tHe PrOgRaM
Project #73: Sudoku Puzzle
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #74: Text-to-Speech Talker
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #75: Three-Card Monte
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #76: Tic-Tac-Toe
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #77: Tower of Hanoi
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #78: Trick Questions
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #79: Twenty Forty-Eight
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #80: Vigenère Cipher
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project #81: Water Bucket Puzzle
    The Program in Action
    How It Works
    Exploring the Program
Project A: Tag Index
Project B: Character Map
    Using the chr() and ord() Functions
    Table of Code Points