An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Pyth

The course titled “An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python” just started on coursera. The course is eight weeks long and free to attend. It consists of video lectures, quizes and mini projects. There is also a forum to discuss things.From their website:This class is eight weeks long. For each week, you will watch two sets of videos (part a and part b) and then complete one quiz for each set. These quizzes are due on Tuesday/Thursday, respectively. The main task for each week is to complete a mini-project that is due on Saturday. You will then be asked to assess your peer’s mini-projects on the following Sunday/Monday.

Here is the syllabus in detail:Week 1Topics:Expressions, variables, functions, conditionalsMini-project:”Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock” gameWeek 2Topics:Event-driven programming, local and global variables, buttons and input fieldsMini-project:”Guess the Number” gameWeek 3Topics:The canvas, static drawing, timers, interactive drawingMini-project:Stopwatch: The GameWeek 4Topics:Lists, keyboard input, motion, positional/velocity controlMini-project:”Pong” gameWeek 5Topics:Mouse input, more lists, dictionaries, imagesMini-project:”Memory” gameWeek 6Topics:Classes, tiled imagesMini-project:”Blackjack” gameWeek 7Topics:Acceleration and friction, spaceship class, sprite class, soundMini-project:Spaceship from “RiceRocks” gameWeek 8Topics:Sets, groups of sprites, collisions, sprite animationMini-project:Full “RiceRocks” gameSo, if you have interest and have time (5-6 hours per week), you can join the course now.