Learning Python 3 with the Linkbot
From LinkbotLabs
Contents
- Authors
- Contributors to this book
- Installation and Setup
- Just getting started? Go here.
- Intro
- Installing and using Python – where to get help
- Hello, World
- The famous first program – screen output – variables – numbers and calculations – change a Linkbot's LED color!
- Who Goes There?
- Interactive input – strings – move a Linkbot's motor!
- Count to 10
- while loops – play some notes with the Linkbot's buzzer!
- Decisions
- if statements – move a 2-wheeled Linkbot forwards and backwards!
- Linkbot Multitasking
- Program flow – make a Linkbot do multiple things at once!
- Debugging
- Finding out what goes wrong – Linkbot runtime errors!
- Defining Functions
- Structuring programs with the use of functions – move and beep a 2-wheeled Linkbot with functions!
- Advanced Functions Example
- (Almost) mind-blowing example of how programmers can think – Linkbot button control!
- Lists
- Variables containing more than one value – play a song with the Linkbot's buzzer!
- For Loops
- A second kind of loop – play a range of notes with the Linkbot's buzzer!
- Boolean Expressions
- Computer logic – True and False – and and or – not – How to use a Linkbot's accelerometer!
- Dictionaries
- Variables containing key/value pairs – Linkbot musical notes Library and tunes!
- Using Modules
- Extensions to the standard set of functionality – Linkbot button control!
- More on Lists
- Using elements or parts of lists
- Revenge of the Strings
- More advanced text manipulations
- File IO
- Reading from files and writing to files
- Dealing with the imperfect
- How to handle errors
- Recursion
- Recursive Functions
- Intro to Object Oriented Programming in Python 3
- Basics of OOP (Object Oriented Programming) – extend the Linkbot class for more functionality!
- Intro to Imported Libraries and other Functions
- Basic functions from various libraries.
- The End
- How to go further
- FAQ
- Some frequently asked questions
- Downloads
- Download the code examples, other links, etc.
