Margaret Lin

my solution to Think Python, exercise 3.1

I’m going through Think Python, by Allen Downey, for the time being, likely until classes begin for me at the end of the month.

Thank you, Dr. Downey, for making it available free online.

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This is the new background banner for my LinkedIn profile and Twitter account.

2-27-2021 Update: I’ve since removed it from my LinkedIn profile.

Activating the Virtual Environment

I am just beginning Project 3 – Web Applications in Eric Matthes’ Python Crash Course, 2nd ed. I hit some snags to solve at the very start, first getting the directory set up in the command prompt terminal, then activating the “virtual environment” in that directory.
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Better Stars solution

I’m going through Python Crash Course, 2nd edition, by Eric Matthes.

He posts solutions for “Try It Yourself” questions for all chapters except 12, 13, and 14, which cover his Alien Invasion project. This is the solution I came up with for 13-2. Better Stars, on p. 264.

This post will likely only make sense to people also working through the problem sets in the book.
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