simulatine

Learning and having fun with code. Python, Pygame, simulations.

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Day 25 of #100DaysOfCode. Yesterday I completed writing a set of custom "skins" for Rainmeter with gauge displays for CPU, Memory and disk usage, and file counts/sizes for some key folders.

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Day 24 of #100DaysOfCode. On Wednesday, I moved on to something different: I started to learn about Rainmeter scripting, and how to create custom skins on my Windows desktop.

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Day 23 of #100DaysOfCode. I've been too busy coding and not tweeted for several days. Here's what I've been up to: On Tuesday I adapted my previous code to create a Voting Game cellular automata (from an old 1985 Scientific American article). #Simulation #Python #Pygame

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Day 22 of #100DaysOfCode. Updated source code: https://t.co/NzBUe2p7Cp #Simulation #Python #Pygame (2/2)

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Day 22 of #100DaysOfCode. Refactored my program, split Grid class and reusable functions into a separate module. Replaced several if/elif sections with dicts, and installed the radon code quality tool to check and reduce Cyclomatric Complexity. #Simulation #Python #Pygame (1/2)

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Day 21 of #100DaysOfCode - Added out of bounds check, pause button and window icon to my Langton's Ant simulation. Updated source code on GitHub: https://t.co/NzBUe2p7Cp #Simulation #Python #Pygame

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Day 20 of #100DaysOfCode - Refactored yesterday's Langton's Ant simulation, ported to #Pydroid3 on #Android. Source code on GitHub: https://t.co/NzBUe2p7Cp #Simulation #Python #Pygame.

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Day 19 of #100DaysOfCode - Worked on Langton's Ant (https://t.co/kezf6urijn) simulation in Pygame #Python #Pygame

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Day 18 of #100DaysOfCode - I took a break and enjoyed the weekend weather for a few days, now back to working on Pygame buttons and the Tetronimo game from Chapter 7 of "Making Games with Python & Pygame" #Python #Pygame

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Day 17 of #100DaysOfCode - on Saturday I worked on the Tetronimo game from Chapter 7 of "Making Games with Python & Pygame", adding onscreen buttons in addition to the existing keyboard control. #Python #Pygame

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Day 16 of #100DaysOfCode - last Friday I completed porting the Slide Puzzle game to my Android tablet - it's very slow!! Side by side speed comparison below #Python #Pygame #Pydroid3

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Day 15 of #100DaysOfCode - worked on porting the Slide Puzzle game from Chapter 4 of "Making Games with Python & Pygame" to #Pydroid3 on my #Android tablet #Python #Pygame

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Day 14 of #100DaysOfCode - ported the https://t.co/xI22Pr4eXK game from "Making Games with Python & Pygame" by @AlSweigart to #Pydroid3 on my #Android tablet (with added moves counter, sound effects and a Quit button) #Python #Pygame

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Day 13 of #100DaysOfCode - discovered that pygame_sdl2 on Android is missing basic Pygame drawing functions such as pygame.draw.ellipse - took hours of debugging to discover this #Python #Pygame #Pydroid

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Day 12 of #100DaysOfCode - refactored https://t.co/xI22Pr4eXK program from "Marking Games with Python & Pygame". Tried (and failed … so far) to get it working with pygame_sdl2 on my Android tablet #Python #Pygame #Pydroid

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Day 11 of #100DaysOfCode - Yesterday I continued reading Chapter 3 "Marking Games with Python & Pygame" (https://t.co/PX3XZtqDnv, working on modifying the MemoryPuzzle program listed in the book #Python #Pygame

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Day 10 of #100DaysOfCode - read through Chapters 1 and 2 of Making Games with Python & Pygame (https://t.co/PX3XZtqDnv), familiarized myself with the game loop, pygame events, drawing functions and the Surface class. #Python #Pygame

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Day 9 of #100DaysOfCode - continued working on my blog configuration, created a @ShareX workflow to quickly add correctly sized screenshots to my @github pages blog. https://t.co/ETIbx29GZF

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Solved a nagging blog editing problem by getting Markdown documents to appear correctly in Notepad++. Get the details on my blog https://t.co/HLyNUpqFNI

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Day 8 of #100DaysOfCode - completed a set of useful functions in Python to track and sync my eBook library across Amazon, Calibre and Airtable #Calibre #Airtable #Python https://t.co/QD9zeMZFTu