For this challenge our aim was to use Python Turtle to draw a spider web on the screen. Our code will first will the screen in black (Colour code #000000) and create a Python Turtle called spider, with a light…
An irrational number is a real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers, in other words you cannot write an irrational number as a fraction p/q where p and q are both integer values. Two of the…
In this challenge we are going to create a quiz using Python to test the end-user’s understanding of storage units used to describe the capacity of a storage device. Our quiz will consist of 10 “Bigger or Smaller” questions as…
The story of the Endurance shipwreck is one of the most remarkable survival tales in the history of exploration, highlighting the endurance and courage of Ernest Shackleton and his crew during their expedition in the early 20th century. In 1914,…
The aim of this challenge is to create an “Odd One Out” quiz on storage devices using Python. But let’s first revisit the main technologies used by storage devices in a computer system. We can categorise all the storage devices…
For this quiz we will use a data set of 10 of the most iconic mountains in the world. Here is our data set, displayed as a table: Name Location Elevation Mount Everest Nepal / Tibet 8,849m Mount K2 Pakistan…
For this challenge you are going to create a quiz based on some of the most iconic buildings in the world. We have selected a collection of 20 buildings with their name, height in meters and location. This data is…
In this lesson we will investigate the three main technologies used by the different storage devices in a computer system: Optical storage devices such as CD, DVDs and Blurays Magnetic storage devices such as the Hard-Disk Drive (HDD), floppy disks…
For this programming challenge, we are going to practise reading and extracting data from a JSON file. We will be using a JSON file storing information about the ingredients and recipes for 20 different smoothies. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) JavaScript…
Your local coffee shop would like to set up a touchscreen tablet on the counter for the baristas to quickly calculate the cost of the cups of coffee ordered by the customers. Here are the options available when ordering a…