On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 9:15 AM Mike Barnett <mike_barn...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >There are two sub-topics I'm interested in - (1) graphics, as in drawing > interesting pictures or art, or using diagrams for data visualization. (2) > Simple games, with the use of sprites. > > Can you post some images of similar programs / graphics you are wanting to > create? It would be extremely helpful to see concrete "targets". Then I > can better inform you if PySimpleGUI is capable of doing what you seek. > I think PySimpleGUI might be a great fit. I'm getting my ideas from projects way in the past, so I can't easily find screenshots. But what I'm looking for is pretty easy to describe. for graphics: "Capabilities similar to JavaScript canvas plus collision detection." In other words, basic text filling/stroking, basic shape and line and Bezier curve filling/stroking, and then collision detection to make simple games easier. for GUIs: "Basic dialogs, buttons, labels, checkboxes, and integrated canvas." My students range a lot in age and ability. Youngest is 9th grade, ranging upward to professionals who are looking to learn programming as a new skill to use in the workplace or put on their resume. > > I've recently been writing more games using PySimpleGUI to see what's > missing in the SDK, to determine new features that will help developers. > > For data visualization, there's Matplotlib and Pyplot, both integrate with > PySimpleGUI very well. Someone mentioned Turtle, it too integrates well by > using a tkinter canvas. > By data visualization, I don't mean necessarily plotting. Matplotlib might be an awkward fit. I'm thinking of visualizing math processes, algorithms, and so forth. Say, we animate a cubic curve changing shape while the coefficients change. Or we animate the inner workings of a tic tac toe strategy algorithm by having it draw a tic tac toe board with changing colors or shapes to represent positions or calculations in progress. I don't mean something really complicated. Just picture the simplest thing that makes sense. Thanks for the other links to examples. Mike _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
