Simple Python Data, Turtle Graphics, and Iteration

Reading

Chapter 1 and Chapter 4.

Key ideas

From chapter 2:

• Simple python types: int(eger), float, str(ing)
• Determing type: type
• Declaring and using variables
• Assignment token: =
• Arithmetic operators: +, -, *, /, //, %, **
• User input: input

From chapter 4:

• Turtle Module Methods
  • Creation: turtle
  • Movement: forward, backward, goto
  • x, y orientation: right, left
  • Pen control: up, down, pensize
  • Drawing Color: color, fillcolor, begin_fill, end_fill
  • Status: heading, position
  • Turtle type: shape, e.g. arrow, classic, turtle or circle
  • Turtle Imprints: stamp, dot
• Looping Construct: for
• onclick(), onrelease(), ondrag() from turtle online documentation

From chapter 6:

• Be able to write a function.
• Be able to call a function.
• Understand function parameters.
• Understand the difference between a fruitful function and a non-fruitful function.
• Understand the difference between a local variable and a global variable.