More results...

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
post
page
◑ Python IDE Dashboard
Tag: Sequencing

The commuter’s puzzle

Yuri lives in Oxford, UK and commutes by train to his work place in London every working day of the week (5 days a week). One evening, Yuri spot the Moon through the train window and asked himself the following…

Mission Alpha-Centauri

Did you know that Alpha-Centauri is the second nearest star to planet Earth, the first one being the Sun. It is 4.2 light-years away from us! When astronomers measure the distance of stars (from planet Earth) they do not use…

What if planet Earth was made of Lego?

In this blog post we will use a Python script to work out how many lego bricks would be needed to build planet Earth! To solve our problem we will use the following data: We will work out the number…

Thank You Medical Staff and Key Workers!

During the coronavirus pandemic, the rainbow has become a symbol of gratitude for the medical staff working in hospitals as well as all the other key workers who carried on working to provide essential services to their community. All over…

Magic Trick Algorithm

In this blog post we are investigating whether we can teach a computer how to perform a magic trick. Algorithm If you want a computer to perform a specific task you need to provide this computer with a clear set…

Stopping Distance Calculator

In this challenge, we will write a Python program to estimate the total stopping distance of a vehicle based on its speed. The stopping distance consists of two components. The first component is the reaction distance covered by the vehicle…

Complementary Colours Algorithm

Complementary colours are pairs of colours which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out by producing a grayscale colour like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colours. Complementary…

ASCII-Bot Challenge

In this challenge we will use the print() instruction in Python to create an ASCII-bot: A robot made of ASCII characters, in other words characters that you can type with a standard QWERTY keyboard. Python Code This is what your…

Python Turtle – My House

Using Python Turtle we created a range of functions to draw a house. We use these functions in our main program but can’t seem to get it to work. We believe the code has all the required instructions but these…

Marathon Time Calculator

In this challenge you are going to write a Python script to help a marathoner predict the overall time they can complete a Marathon in (42km). This estimation will be based on the runner’s pace which is the time they…

Privacy Overview

This website will store some information about your preferences on your own computer inside a tiny file called a cookie. A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to remember your actions or preferences over time.

You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer, and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

Most browsers support cookies, but you can set your browser to decline them and can delete them whenever you like. You can find instructions here for how you can do that on various browsers.

This website uses cookies to:

  1. Identify you as a returning user and to count your visits in traffic statistics analysis
  2. Remember your custom display preferences (such as light/dark theme option)
  3. Provide other usability features, including tracking whether you have already given your consent to cookies

Enabling cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience.

The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and is not used for any purpose other than those described here.

There may also be other types of cookies created after you have visited this website. This site uses Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service that uses cookies to help to analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of other website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.