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PlayTurtle 3.0.0
Play Turtle
Play Turtle provides a way for children to learn programming by moving a turtle on the screen
It provides a subset of commands found in Python's Turtle module to abstract away complicated programming ideas.
Table of Contents
Installation
Commands
Installation
There are multiple ways to install Play Turtle
With pip
$ pip install playturtle
# Provides the play-turtle command
Clone the repo and run locally
$ git clone https://github.com/mordy-python/PlayTurtle
$ cd PlayTurtle
$ python playturtle.py
# Can also install with `pip install .`
# Will provide the `play-turtle` command
Play Turtle Commands
Forward
Back
Right
Left
Speed
Width
Shape
Square
Circle
Color
Hide
Show
Begin fill
End fill
Bgcolor
Forward
Syntax
Command: forward
Parameters: distance
What it does
The forward command moves the turtle on the screen, drawing a line behind it.
The distance parameter tells the turtle how far to move.
Back
Syntax
Command: back
Parameters: distance
What it does
The back command moves the turtle backward on the screen, drawing a line in front of it.
The distance parameter tells the turtle how far to move.
Right
Syntax
Command: right
Parameters: degrees
What it does
The right command turns the turtle right.
The degrees parameter tells the turtle how many degrees to rotate.
Left
Syntax
Command: left
Parameters: degrees
What it does
The left command turns the turtle left.
The degrees parameter tells the turtle how many degrees to rotate.
Speed
Syntax
Command: speed
Parameters: new-speed
What it does
The speed command sets the turtles drawing speed.
The new-speed parameter tells the turtle how fast it should move.
Width
Syntax
Command: width
Parameters: new-width
What it does
The width command sets the turtles width (in pixels).
The new-width parameter specifies what the new width of the turtle should be.
Shape
Syntax
Command: shape
Parameters: new-shape
What it does
The shape command changes the turtle's shape.
The new-shape parameter specifies what shape should be displayed.
Note: The new-shape parameter can only be on of the following: arrow, circle, turtle, square, triangle, classic
Square
Syntax
Command: square
Parameters: side-length
What it does
The square command draws a square on the screen
The side-length parameter determines how long the sides of the square will be
Circle
Syntax
Command: circle
Parameters: radius
What it does
The circle command draws a circle on the screen
The radius parameter determines how big the circle will be
Color
Syntax
Command: color
Parameters: new-color
What it does
The color command changes the color of the turtle and of the lines it draws
The new-color parameter specifies what color to change to
See a list of all named colors here
Hide
Syntax
Command: hide
Paramters: none
What it does
The hide command hides the turtle. It will still draw, it just won't be visible
Show
Syntax
Command: show
Paramters: none
What it does
The show command shows the turtle if it's hidden. If it's already visible, it does nothing
Begin Fill
Syntax
Command: begin-fill
Paramters: none
What it does
The begin-fill command will start the fill process using the current color. However, nothing will be filled until end-fill is called.
End Fill
Syntax
Command: end-fill
Paramters: none
What it does
The end-fill command will fill any shapes drawn in between the begin-fill command and itself. If there was no begin-fill command, end-fill will do nothing.
Bgcolor
Syntax
Command: bgcolor
Paramters: new-color
What it does
The bgcolor command changes the background color of the canvas
The new-color paramter specifies what color it should change to
See a list of all named colors here
License
For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.
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