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Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python will teach you how to make computer games using the popular Python programming language - even if you've never programmed before! Begin by building classic games like Hangman, Guess the Number, and Tic-Tac-Toe, and then work your way up to more advanced games, like a text-based treasure hunting game and an animated collision-dodging game with so

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You've completed a basic Python programming tutorial or finished Al Sweigart's best selling Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. What's the next step toward becoming a capable, confident software developer? Welcome to Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python. More than a mere collection of advanced syntax and masterful tips for writing clean code, this book will teach you how to advance your

Biopython is a collection of freely available Python modules for computational molecular biology. Python is an object oriented, interpreted, flexible language that is widely used for scientific computing. Python is easy to learn, has a very clear syntax and can easily be extended with modules written in C, C++ or FORTRAN. Since its inception in 2000, Biopython has been continuously devel

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