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This page represents the Python projects that I've been playing with. I am not a coder by any stretch, I'm doing this to keep my mind busy, and there are a few pieces of software that I'd like to have that I can't find... So here is what I've done with Python. Mostly you'll find 'exe' files here, but if you want the source code, ask. I might say yes. If you use the source code, please give me credit. If you have the absolute desire to contact me and tell me my coding sucks, don't waste your time, I already know that.
I've got no use for a calculator with all the functions this has, but I used to when I was still working as an engineer. If one googled 'calculator in python' you'd more than likely find an example of this... and I did use theirs as a learning tool. What you'll notice that this has what I was told would be impossible to code, all the hexadecimal functions. This was my first head scratcher, that took over a week to write, but is nice to now have... For those that have never used an RPN calculator, there are help menus on this.
A clock & calendar.... Simple enough yeah.... but I wanted one that all in one.... No, it won't play the radio, or do alarm clock mode, but then neither of my computers has a speaker I use, so could never hear the alarm even if it had one.
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Bouncing, uh, balls... with a few other shapes thrown in. It's not apparent from this image, but the items bounce, and is amazingly easy to code. It does have a flaw: The balls (etc) eventually run out of steam, and settle to the bottom.
An MP3 player. This thing was frankly a pain in the neck, and ran into a few of the bugs that are in Python and Pygame... but was quite the learning experience... still a few options I'd like to add, but works fine as it is.
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This is the first project that I did, with absolutely no help, after the first few basic lessons. It's a non GUI cycling trivia test. Just alot of IF/ELSE loops. Still, I like it. Hopefully a GUI version of this soon, but as of this writing, that project is giving me fits.
Lots and lots and lots of Dots. If one were to allow this to run unimpeded, the screen will fill completely. I ran it once over nite, and in the morning almost looked like art, sorta... And considering what passes for art now..., this was sorta meant as a screen saver... click it on, and walk away.
This is another of those attempts at a possible screen saver... and when I found out how easy it is to do, it was shocking.... So took their idea, and added a whole lot more of them, and put it on a timer to run longer than what you really need.... Or, take the raw code, and chop it down to a single 'spirograph' and make it fill the screen..... is oddlyl easy.
I had been working on creating a cycling quiz like the one above, but with a GUI instead of just a terminal I/F. Well, after a couple of starts, that ended badly, figured out the solution. Will be posting the stand alone file on a FB group, as well as here... Chances are no one will try it, but figure it couldn't hurt.
Just as a note of interest. I'm using Python 3.8, with the PyCharm editor. No, I've no desire to learn enough python to get a job... I'm retired, and staying that way... Frankly, I've turned into a recluse, and rarely speak to another human being. There are maybe 2 or 3 people tops that will ever look at this web page, I do it to exercise my brain, and to feel like I'm mildly interacting with the outside world. If you like what you see, let me know, and if you have idea(s) for a Python project, let me know, and will ponder if I'm up to the task. It is becoming abundantly clear that no one has the slightest interest in these files, but I'm doing it for my own amusement. There are a few other Py files in the works... Never know what I'll come up with, check back again some time.
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