Cookbooks

• Classes Cookbook
  • Defining a class
  • Instantiating an object
  • Writing a method
  • Using the self variable
  • Using the property decorator
  • Inheriting properties and methods
  • Using the classmethod decorator
• Colors!
• Heroes Cookbook
  • Numbers
    • Integers
    • Floats
    • Basic math operations
    • Advanced math operations
    • Use the math library
  • Strings
    • Add two strings together
    • Repeat a string
    • Index into a string
    • Slice a string
    • String’s inner functions
  • Built-in Functions
  • Boolean algebra
    • Create a literal boolean variable
    • Create a boolean variable from comparisons
    • Combine two boolean variables with ‘and’ and ‘or’
  • If, elif, and else
    • Use an if to test for something
    • Create conditional logic
    • Nest one if inside another if
  • Lists
    • Create an empty list
    • Create a list with items
    • Add onto a list
    • Index into a list
    • Slice a list into a new list
    • Test if a value is inside a list
  • Sets
    • Create a set or convert a list to a set
    • Add an item to a set
    • Using sets to enforce uniqueness
  • For Loops
    • Write a for loop
    • Use the for loop’s loop variable
    • Use range inside a for loop
    • Use a list inside a for loop
    • Nest one for loop inside another for loop
  • While Loops
    • Use a comparison
    • Use a boolean variable
    • Loop forever
  • Special Loop Commands
    • Skip the rest of the current cycle in the loop
    • Break out of the loop entirely
  • Functions
    • No arguments and returns nothing
    • Takes one argument
    • Returns a value
    • Takes two arguments
    • Takes keyword arguments
  • Time module
    • Using time.time() to count how long something takes
    • Using time.sleep(n) to wait for n seconds
  • Random Module
    • Generate a random number between 0 and 1
    • Generate a random number between two integers
    • Select a random item from a list
• Cookbook
  • Game Loop
  • Basic Sprites
    • Basic Sprite
    • Adding the drawing function to the basic sprite
    • Moving a sprite
    • Colliding with one other sprite
    • Using Groups of sprites
    • Colliding with many sprites
    • Adding an image to your sprite
    • Adding event handling to your sprite
    • Making an animated sprite
  • Basic Game Physics
  • Handling Keyboard Input
  • Scoreboards
  • Menus
• Cookbook
  • Game Loop
  • Drawing
    • Using Rect to draw
  • Bouncing off obstacles
    • Basic collision detection with screen boundaries
    • Changing direction based on screen boundary collision
    • Colliding with another Rect