Python Playground -- Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer

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Python Playground
14 Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer

San Francisco, CA (November 24, 2015) -- "Python Playground" (
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z40k53c978otkes9hhusgv6a1cb... ) (No
Starch Press, $29.95, 352 pp., November 2015) isn't just another introduction
to the Python programming language. This is a collection of 14 complex and
compelling projects designed to challenge anyone with moderate experience
with Python, from programmers who want to tinker with computers and
electronics to those who just find the workday programming world a bit dull.

The projects in "Python Playground" will have readers using OpenGL and
popular Python libraries like numpy, matplotlib, and pygame to create things
like:

-Spirograph patterns and a Conway's Game of Life simulation
-Realistic music with overtones, using the Karplus-Strong algorithm
-ASCII art, photomosaics, and autostereograms (a 2D image designed to create
the illusion of a 3D picture)
-A particle system simulation of a fireworks display
-A weather monitor built with a Raspberry Pi
-An Arduino-powered laser light show

According to No Starch Press founder Bill Pollock, "There are millions of
people coding today at startups around the world, but writing production code
can be stifling. Here, finally, is a book designed to get those coders to
think and dream as they step out of the realm of writing more boring code and
into the world of the thinking programmer."

"Python Playground" is now available online and in fine bookstores
everywhere.

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About the Author
Mahesh Venkitachalam is a software engineer with two decades of programming
experience. He has nurtured a passion for technology since the eighth grade,
which he channels into his popular electronics and programming blog,
electronut.in.

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