From Zero to Hero

I was stuck reading this book Python Playground. But I was not learning anything. The projects did not allow me to try to implement them myself. The description of the projects were interlaced with the solutions. After getting lost in a chapter about OpenGL, I decided to punt. Surprised I made it through almost 10 chapters of this book.

Instead I moved on to a book called Math Adventures with Python. I am a bit apprehensive. One reviewer claimed that this book actually does not use Python. Instead it uses a program called Processing. For now, the beginning of the book indeed uses Python. If it skips to Processing, I will bounce quickly to another book.

The first chapter has me drawing cool stuff with the turtle module. I produced a circle using only squares. The pattern is neat, if asymmetrical. I hope there is a lot of Python and minimal Processing involved in future chapters.