Creative Coding in Python: 30+ Programming Projects in Art, Games, and More [Paperback]

Creative Coding in Pythonteaches kids the fundamentals of computer programming and demonstrates how to code 30+ fun, creative projects using Python, a free, intuitive, open-source programming language that's one of the top five most popular worldwide.

Computer science educator Sheena Vaidyanathan helps kidsunderstand the fundamental ideas of computer programming and the process of computational thinkingusing illustrations, flowcharts, and pseudocode, then shows how to apply those essentials to codeexciting projectsin Python:

• Arcade games and apps: Understand GUI (graphical user interfaces) andcreate your own arcade games and apps.
• Geometric art: Use turtle graphics tocreate original masterpieces.
• Interactive fiction: Explore booleans and conditionals to invent“create your own adventure” games.
• Chatbots: Discover variables, strings, integers, and more todesign conversational programs.
• Dice games: Reuse code to devisegames of chance.
• What’s next? Look at exciting ways to use your powerful new skills andexpand your knowledge of coding in Python.

Creative Coding in Pythongives kids the tools they need to create their own computer programs.Sheena Vaidyanathanteaches a Python-based computer science class to 11- to 13-year-olds and is the Computer Science Integration Specialist in the Los Altos School District, in Los Altos, California, where she has also designed computer science curricula, conducted professional development for the K–8 STEM program, and taught pre-algebra, digital design, and visual art. Vaidyanathan is also the program director for the computer science professional development programs at Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College, where she teaches teachers to code in Python, Scratch, and other languages. Over thelc