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Materials for the CoderDojo Twin Cities' Python / Minecraft / Raspberry Pi Course

coderdojotc-python

Materials for the CoderDojo Twin Cities' Python / Minecraft / Raspberry Pi Course

http://www.coderdojotc.org

Here is a list of the files with a short description of what each script does and what programming concepts are introduced:

File	Description
Minecraft_Programming_Reference.pdf	(Documentation) Summary of Minecraft API and Python syntax
clear.py	(Utility script) Lets you specify an area to clear out in your Minecraft world to make building easier
coderdojo.py	Hello World! Writes "CoderDojo" in block letters in the game. We started with this to have them experience modifying the game in a neat way and then we have them open it in IDLE and change the string to their name or whatever they want.
minecraft_letters.py	(Utility script) The code that constructs the letters for coderdojo.py.
flying.py	Check whether the character is flying. Introduce variables, coordinates and if/else.
tower.py	Build a simple tower. Introduce while loop and the SetBlock method.
tower2.py	Build a simple tower just like tower.py. Introduce for loop as alternative to while.
pyramid.py	Build a pyramid. Demonstrate a more complicated while loop and the SetBlocks method.
blink.py	Create a blinking block. Demonstrates time delay for animation, list length, modulus operator.
pileup.py	Create a rain of blocks around the user wherever they go. Similar to blink.py. Demonstrates random numbers.