Outline for October 22, 2012

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Assignment Due: October 24, 2012 at 5:00PM

1. Turtle graphics
   1. What turtle is; import turtle
2. Drawing a figure: a box with a hat [tbox.py]
   1. Set up the window to draw in: Screen()
   2. Create the turtle:Turtle
   3. Cursor for drawing
   4. Move cursor forward: forward, backward()
   5. Turn cursor: left(), right()
   6. Wait for the window to close: mainloop()
3. Titles, background, and such [tfancybox.py]
   1. Window<
      1. Color of the window background: background()
      2. Title of the window: title
   2. Turtle, more properly called “pen”
      1. Shape of the turtle: shape()
      2. Speed of the drawing: speed()
      3. Color of the drawn line: color()
      4. Thickness of the line (pixels): pensize()
      5. Hide the turtle: hideturtle()
4. Plotting points and graphing
   1. Drawing lines: penup(), pendown()
   2. Move turtle: setpos()
   3. Write text: write()
   4. Draw a dot at the current position: dot() [tchaos1.py]
   5. Draw a line from the current position to another: goto() [tchaos2.py]

ECS 10, Basic Concepts of Computing Fall Quarter 2012