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Ultimate Guide to Free Python Resources for Beginners

Learning to program with Python is both fun and challenging. For some, it could mark the beginning of a life-long journey of discovery and creation. In many professions a knowledge of Python...

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...

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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...

Global Variables in Computer Science GCSE and A Level

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...

Read external files from a Python program for Computer Science GCSE and A Level

File Reading in Python

The ability to work with external files is essential for any Python programmer. In this article we will look in detail at how to read from text files in Python. This can...

Python Coding Environments

When learning (or teaching) python for GCSE or A Level Computer Science, one of the first decisions you will need to make is which coding environment to use. This is actually no...

Caesar Cipher – GCSE Computer Science

A common question in GCSE Computer Science exams involves encoding or decoding a message using a Caesar Cipher. This is a simple device named after the famous Emperor who used it to...

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