NCLab Python Development 9 Certificate: Event-Driven Programming with PyGame (Learn-by-doing, 24/7, Online, Self-Paced, Gamified, Real-Time Instructional Support)

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Self-Paced

Progress at your own speed

40 hours

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About the Course

Description

Python Development 9 (NCLab) Event-Driven Programming with PyGame: This is an online, self-paced, learn-by-doing course that introduces Learners to the principles of event-driven software development. Working with the PyGame library, Learners gain experience designing, implementing, and testing a complex, interactive application—an original version of the classic board game Othello (Reversi). Alongside programming fundamentals, the course reinforces best practices in software planning, incremental development, and unit testing. Learners also gain valuable experience using Linux, expanding their technical versatility. By building a complete game from the ground up, Learners deepen their understanding of real-time input handling, game logic, and user interface design in Python.

Topics

Intro to Event-Driven Programming
Game Development with PyGame
Designing and Implementing Othello (Reversi)
Structured Software Development
Unit Testing and Debugging
Advanced Python Programming Practices
Working in a Linux Environment.

Prerequisites

The REQUIRED prerequisite for this Course is NCLab's Python Development 8.

Sections

Schedule

Asynchronous

Delivery method

Online

$625

Deliverables

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Earn necessary number of credit hours for completing this content
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Python Development 9 Completion Certificate

Outcomes

Upon completion, you'll have the skills and knowledge in the following topics: Working with Text and Strings; Text Analysis and Transformation; Regular Expressions and Text Mining; Intro to Plotting with Matplotlib; Graphing Functions and Parametric Curves; Automated Drawing and Nested Loops; Designing a Graphics Editor (Software Project); Software Engineering Concepts.