It's time to learn a new language! Python!

Python is a popular, easy-to-use programming language that has significant traction in the field.

Remember the goal is learning to learn, so keep track of what works for you and what doesn't as you go through the process of exploring Python.

• Try to relate things you already know in another language (e.g. what an array is) to the corresponding things in Python (e.g. a list) and how to use them.

• Write a bunch of "toy programs" that demonstrate different key features of the language

• Explore the standard library that's available for the language. Skim it briefly for now--the idea isn't to memorize everything but to file away generally what functionality is available.

• Write a more substantial toy program that uses a variety of the features.

Again, keep track of what works for you. Try different things to see what works best for learning new languages.

• Installing Python and pipenv
• JavaScript<->Python cheatsheet
• How to read Specs and Code
• Python 3 standard library

1. Make sure you have Python 3 and pipenv installed.

2. Go to the directory with the Pipfile and run

   pipenv install
   

3. After the install completes, run

   pipenv shell
   

   This will get you into the virtual environment. At this point, you should be able to run Python 3 by just running python:

   $ python --version
   Python 3.6.5
   

   You can exit the virtual environment by typing exit.

Learn the basics of Python with a pile of toy programs.

Take a look in the src/ directory.

NOTE: adv/ is for Day 2, so ignore it for today.

Suggested order for implementing the toy programs:

• hello -- Hello world
• bignum -- Print some big numbers
• datatypes -- Experiment with type conversion
• modules -- Learn to import from modules
• printf -- Formatted print output
• lists -- Python's version of arrays
• slice -- Accessing parts of lists
• comp -- List comprehensions
• dicts -- Dictionaries
• func -- Functions
• fileio -- Read and write from files
• cal -- Experiment with module imports
• obj -- Classes and objects

Put it together into a bigger toy program: a simple text adventure!

This is in src/adv/. Check it out!

• Put the Room class in room.py based on what you see in adv.py.

• Put the Player class in player.py.

• Follow the instructions adv.py.

• Figure out what all those .pyc files are that appear after you successfully run the program.

Stretch goals:

• Add more rooms.

• Add things to the game that can be found in rooms, e.g. sword, lamp. The room can keep a list of things found within it.

• Show a listing of the things in room when the player walks into it.

• Add functionality to allow the user to take sword, that will move it out of the room and into a list on the player called inventory.

• Add the i command to show what is in the player's inventory.

• Add functionality to allow the user to drop sword, that will move it out of the player's inventory into the current room the player is in.

• Add a way to win.

• Come up with more stretch goals! Scoring? Monsters?