Blog Index

I have been writing tutorials and posting different projects for a while now, I decided to write an index for easy look up for the different post. They are divided to a few section as the follow. I hope you can find what you are looking for, if not, try to use the search feature located in the lower right side. If you have an question, please feel free to email me or leave me a message in the comment.

Python Tutorial

• Python Reference
  A list of useful website and textbook review
• csci133c1.py
Basic Hello World, declare variables, simple for loop control statement
• csci133c2.py
Nested for loops, list, counting, if statement
• csci133c3.py
Introduction to function, string's class function, useful tip for handling string
• csci133c4.py
Opening a file, and using everything we know together. Additional to a brief review practice problem, introduce dictionary
• csci133c5.py
  Talks about function, what are they, how to define them
• csci133c6.py
  A taste of python's GUI, Tkinter. Introducing the title, frame, button, input widget, and what they can do with each other
• csci133buildin.py
  Discuss what are the build-in data type (Object) in Python
• csci133number.py
  Document Integer, Float, Long, and Complex number
• csci133class.py
  Some notes I have on python's class, tkinter's other module
• csci133ifelif
  Demonstration of the uses of if and elif (else-if) keyword
• csci133c7.py
  Classic how to clean up a string and storing the string's corresponding line numbers, it discuss the use all the things we learned so far
• csci133c8.py
  Some notes on the python's class, and subclass too
• csci133allCombination.py
  Example of why nest while loop is bad, and how to use one if you really must have it. Plus counter solutions.
• csci133rep1.py
  An example of how to validate input of telephone number in a specific format, demonstrating simple use of regular expression in python.
• csci133averageGPA.py
  Simple exercise program to calculate the grade point average
• csci133rockPaperScissors.py
  A game of rock, paper, scissor implemented in python
• csci133clock.py
  An example of how to make a clock with tkinter in Python
• csci133timer.py
  A tutorial on how to build a timer with tkinter in Python

Stackoverflow Goodies

• Python: Get the most frequent elements from list when there is more than one
  Given a list that is unsorted, how do you get the most frequent appeared element?
• Python: Regular Expression 101 Example Code
  A very simple demonstration of Python's Regular Expression, in particular, how to validate if a telephone number is in the format we want xxx-xxx-xxxx
• Python: How to print the ValueError Error Message
  It is actually better to expect error than to test them out
• Python: [] vs. {} vs. ()
  A flash card for: list vs. dictionary / set vs. tuple
• Python Tkinter: How to change window size without using canvas
  Use the .pack_propagate() method to change the flag
• Python: When NOT To use Global Variable, Use Return!
  Why you might not want to use global variable all the time, and what do you do with returned values.
• Python: How to remove, or pop an element randomly from a list
  Use randrange() instead of random.choice(range(myList))
• Python: How to search a list of class element by their data
  Put the _classVariable into a dictinoary {} into your class
• Python: How to find the integer and float in a string
  If you given a string in the form of an equation, how to extract the integer and float from the string. Beginner style! No regular expression used.
• Python: How to insert characters to the string at the end
  Example of 3 different way you can insert some characters into the string
• Python: How to load image to tkinter window example (GIF only)
  Example to how to load an image and display on the tkinter
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C++ Tutorial

• C++ Resource
Discussion about what are the good reference for the class
• csci135c1.cpp
Hello world, talks about cout and endl
• csci135c2.cpp
More cout, and for loop
• csci135c3.cpp
while loops and do while loop tutorial in great details