So I totally would have watched more than one series of Downton Abbey if I’d realised the Star Wars connection…
Restarting the Bounce game (revisited)
Robin T writes (excerpted):
I am currently at chapter 14, i already made my first game called “Bounce”. When the game is over, i want the user to push a button or a mouse click to restart the game. But i don’t know how to do this.
Someone else asked a similar question a few years ago, so...
Continue reading...Problem with paddle ball animation
Hayden B writes:
Continue reading...I am trying to code the bouncing red ball in Chapter 13 but the animation is not working. *I have checked the code, and it makes sense, but I am getting these errors when I run:
RESTART: C:\Users\rf\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Files .py\paddleball.py Traceback...
Trouble with turtles
Theodore M writes:
Continue reading...*Hello. Working in python with my daughter, but stuck on this error:
Python 3.6.4 (v3.6.4:d48ecebad5, Dec 18 2017, 21:07:28) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type “copyright”, “credits” or “license()” for more information. >>> import turtle Trace...
Becoming an expert
Femi A writes:
Continue reading...I just got your book: Python for kids and I’m excited to start reading it. I am 36 years old and I would like to learn computer programming. I figure python would be a good place to start. Is it possible to become an expert at python in 6 months with intensive efforts? And if ...
Apple's Broken Parental Controls
What’s a nice way to give a kid a limited amount of spending freedom, and letting them buy some things without being able to decimate your credit card? iTunes Voucher – seems reasonable right?
So… redeeming voucher… Enter Apple ID password. Okay. Use camera to enter code. That’s helpful. Plea...
Continue reading...How many hours
Xing Y writes:
Continue reading...This is Xing Yanchao from the city of Qingdao, Shandong province, China, a big beautiful coastal city with 7 million citizens. I’m very interested in teaching kids to program, and plan to choose your book as the teaching material (In Chinese, \^_\^). *The kids may be between 8...
Multiplying Strings
Robin L writes (excerpted):
Continue reading...I am trying to teach myself how to code and thought this was a good place to begin. I am having trouble with the “multiplying strings” section. I don’t know anyone else who codes so I am hoping that you are still available at this email. This is the *part about pri...
Stickman refusing to move
Haran R writes:
Continue reading...I tried out the code for the two games and have successfully run the first game (bounce). The second game however did not run like how i wished it to. I followed the book’s instructions to the letter, used the GIMP software to create the images, saved it in a directory and sa...
Tcl Error
丁明 writes (edited for spelling):
In your book python for kids chapter 13, when I run the program, the python shell has a error I can’t understand. my python version 3.6.0. Thank you for your reply!!
I’m not sure if the Chinese edition has captured the text on page 199 of the English vers...
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