Learning to use the (python) curses library. See screencasts of the code being written.

01 checkers.py

Drawing an ascii picture of a (configurable-size) checkers board in the terminal.

$ python3 checkers.py --size=10

02 noise.py

Using refresh and non-blocking key input to display an animation of white noise.

$ python3 noise.py

03 mandelbrot.py

Experimenting with color in curses by drawing a mandelbrot plot. (Requires a terminal with at least 16 colors.) I discovered after trial-and-error that extended support for color in Terminal.App on Mac OS X is pretty limited!

$ python3 mandelbrot.py

04 move.py

Using keyboard input to move a character around the terminal screen.

$ python3 move.py

05 windows.py

Experimenting with windows in curses by displaying random windows of pretty patterns (noise, mandelbrot or scrolling ascii).

$ python3 windows.py

06 mandelpad.py

Using pads to scroll around an area larger than the screen.

$ python3 mandelpad.py

07 menu.py

Create an interactive menu from scratch, and try out attributes while I'm at it.

$ python3 menu.py