Learning Python 3 with the Linkbot

This is a conversion of the Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3 to include examples using the Barobo Linkbot; a modular robot designed for teaching math and programming.

Authors: Contributors to this book
Installation and Setup: Installing and setting up the required software
Intro: A brief introduction
Hello, World (With Linkbots! Change a Linkbot's LED color): The famous first program – screen output – variables – numbers and calculations
Who Goes There? (With Linkbots! Move a Linkbot's motor): Interactive input – strings
Count to 10 (With Linkbots! Play some notes with the Linkbot's buzzer): while loops
Decisions (With Linkbots! Move a 2-wheeled Linkbot forwards and backwards): if statements
Linkbot Multitasking (Make a Linkbot do multiple things at once): Program flow
Debugging: Finding out what goes wrong
Defining Functions (With Linkbots! Move and beep a 2-wheeled Linkbot with functions): Structuring programs with the use of functions
Advanced Functions Example: (Almost) mind-blowing example of how programmers can think
Lists (With Linkbots! Play a song with the Linkbot's buzzer): Variables containing more than one value
For Loops (With Linkbots! Play a range of notes with the Linkbot's buzzer): A second kind of loop
Boolean Expressions (How to use a Linkbot's accelerometer): Computer logic – True and False – and and or – not
Dictionaries (Storing note values in a dictionary to play on a Linkbot): Variables containing key/value pairs
Using Modules: Extensions to the standard set of functionality
More on Lists: Using elements or parts of lists
Revenge of the Strings: More advanced text manipulations
File IO: Reading from files and writing to files
Dealing with the imperfect: How to handle errors
Recursion: Recursive Functions
Intro to Object Oriented Programming in Python 3 (Extend the Linkbot class for more functionality): Basics of OOP (Object Oriented Programming)
Intro to Imported Libraries and other Functions: Basic functions from various libraries.
The End: How to go further
FAQ: Some frequently asked questions

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