Python Programming for Teens

If you want to learn how to program in Python, one of today’s most popular computer programming languages, PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS is the perfect first step. Written by teacher, author, and Python expert Kenneth Lambert, this book will help you build a solid understanding of programming and prepare you to make the jump to other languages and more advanced instruction. In PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS, you will learn problem solving, program development, the basics of using classes and objects, and more. Special topics include 2-D geometry, fractals, animations, and recursion. The book’s topics are illustrated using turtle graphics, a system that provides graphical output from programs and makes learning more fun. Get started programming today with PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started with Python
Chapter 2 Getting Started with Turtle Graphics
Chapter 3 Control Structures: Sequencing, Iteration, and Selection
Chapter 4 Composing, Saving, and Running Programs
Chapter 5 Defining Functions
Chapter 6 User Interaction with the Mouse and the Keyboard
Chapter 7 Recursion
Chapter 8 Objects and Classes
Chapter 9 Animations
Appendix A Turtle Graphics Commands
Appendix B Solutions to Exercises