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bobfritzelpuff · Aug 29th, 2005, 7:26 PM

I did a lot of programing in basic on a graphing calculator, got pretty good, and have now moved on to the computer languages where I am virtually incompetant. For now, I have three questions:

1. How do I get pictures on a screen? Like, lets say I want to move a stick figure from one point to another point. How do I display the stick figure?

2. How do I get input from a person? Not input like input(), but input like seeing if you have clicked your mouse and where you have clicked it.

3. How do people get well versed in python? Do you have a manual, or do you pick it up after a while of programming?

Sane · Aug 29th, 2005, 7:49 PM

1. Pygame : www.pygame.org

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surface = pygame.image.load('filename.png') #load surface
othersurface.blit(surface, (x, y)) #copy surface to the screen
pygame.display.flip() #flip the surfaces to display the image

Pygame is a module for Python.

Documentation: http://www.pygame.org/docs/ and http://pygame.org/ftp/pygame-docs-1.6.exe

2. Using Pygame as well:

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for event in pygame.event.get():
    if event.type == KEYDOWN:
        print event.unicode
    elif event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
        print event.button, event.pos

The documentation is a sufficient learning resource as long as you test everything you read, it really helps and you'll catch on quickly.

3. I became well versed in Python after just using it multiple hours a day for a month. I didn't use a tutorial. I just learned the syntax from here: http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/

But Python is very different from Basic.

uman · Aug 29th, 2005, 11:21 PM

and the "Basic" on a calculator is rather different than real Basic. Please call it TI-83 Basic (or whatever) to distinguish.

Cerulean · Aug 30th, 2005, 7:14 PM

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3. How do people get well versed in python? Do you have a manual, or do you pick it up after a while of programming?

You pick up a certain amount just programming, but you've got to constantly be searching for methods of doing certain things (or efficient methods), and constantly reading the built-in docs.
Sure, you can get by fine by just playing around knowing only the basic syntax, but if you do that you'll hit alot of pitfalls as you're not exploiting the language and taking advantage of its finer points, as Sane has discovered himself

. You'll be writing unnecessary code, etc.
So on that point, i'd recommend read as much about the language as you can, check out the Daily Python URLs (http://www.pythonware.com/daily), and maybe read a couple of e-books.

Dietrich · Sep 7th, 2005, 1:03 PM

When you install Python on your computer you will find a large doc file, on Windows computers it's called Python24.chm, containing a tutorial and an indexed reference manual.

Ooble · Sep 7th, 2005, 2:34 PM

It's on the website too if you prefer HTML files. Pretty damn good as well.

Aug 29th, 2005, 7:26 PM	#1
bobfritzelpuff Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Basic->Python I did a lot of programing in basic on a graphing calculator, got pretty good, and have now moved on to the computer languages where I am virtually incompetant. For now, I have three questions: 1. How do I get pictures on a screen? Like, lets say I want to move a stick figure from one point to another point. How do I display the stick figure? 2. How do I get input from a person? Not input like input(), but input like seeing if you have clicked your mouse and where you have clicked it. 3. How do people get well versed in python? Do you have a manual, or do you pick it up after a while of programming?

Aug 29th, 2005, 7:49 PM	#2
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,888 Rep Power: 5	1. Pygame : www.pygame.org (Toggle Plain Text) surface = pygame.image.load('filename.png') #load surface othersurface.blit(surface, (x, y)) #copy surface to the screen pygame.display.flip() #flip the surfaces to display the image surface = pygame.image.load('filename.png') #load surface othersurface.blit(surface, (x, y)) #copy surface to the screen pygame.display.flip() #flip the surfaces to display the image Pygame is a module for Python. Documentation: http://www.pygame.org/docs/ and http://pygame.org/ftp/pygame-docs-1.6.exe 2. Using Pygame as well: (Toggle Plain Text) for event in pygame.event.get(): if event.type == KEYDOWN: print event.unicode elif event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN: print event.button, event.pos for event in pygame.event.get(): if event.type == KEYDOWN: print event.unicode elif event.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN: print event.button, event.pos The documentation is a sufficient learning resource as long as you test everything you read, it really helps and you'll catch on quickly. 3. I became well versed in Python after just using it multiple hours a day for a month. I didn't use a tutorial. I just learned the syntax from here: http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/ But Python is very different from Basic.

Aug 29th, 2005, 11:21 PM	#3
uman Expert Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 794 Rep Power: 4	and the "Basic" on a calculator is rather different than real Basic. Please call it TI-83 Basic (or whatever) to distinguish. __________________ Few people deserve to be compared to (Rush) Limbaugh, most of them were convicted at the Nuremburg trials. --WilliamSChips on Slashdot

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Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	When you install Python on your computer you will find a large doc file, on Windows computers it's called Python24.chm, containing a tutorial and an indexed reference manual. __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

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Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	It's on the website too if you prefer HTML files. Pretty damn good as well. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

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