The 21 Game with Python Turtle Graphics
Here’s something fun. The 21 Game is a two-player counting game where each player can add 1, 2, or 3, starting at zero, to the total. the total must not exceed 21...
Cleaner Python with PEP 8
Today we are going to look at two ways to make your Python code cleaner. What does that mean? Well, code is very often read by people other than the person who...
BBC micro:bit Introduction
A couple of years ago the BBC distributed nearly a million BBC Micro:bits to schools in the UK as part of the BBC’s Make it Digital initiative. It was generally considered a...
Python Turtle Graphics Demos
If you are using the standard installation of Python from python.org which comes with the IDLE editor, there are some exciting demonstrations of the power of the turtle module available at the...
Fun with Cats – Python API Calls
One of the great things about Python as a programming language is that you can do fairly powerful things with just a few lines of code. In this article we are going...
Matrix Computing for 11-14 Book Series Review
by Oxford University Press The Matrix Computing for 11-14 series provides comprehensive cover of the Key Stage 3 National Computing Curriculum. It is thorough and well presented, with clear explanations and lots...
Calculating Distance with Python
Play Treasure Island by Clicking Here I am very keen to help people connections between Maths and Computer Science. Above is a game I wrote using JavaScript. When you click on an...
Introduction to Recursion in Python
It was a dark night, the night was dark and the robbers were in a cave. One robber said to the other “tell us a tale,” and this is the tale he...
Book Review – Soft Skills by John Sonmez
Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual is a fantastic book which has had a big impact on my life. It is about how to level up your life in areas which...
Global Variables will Break the Internet
You may have heard that global variables are dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. They may even break the internet. How scary! However, it turns out on investigation that the...