Program Frameworks

The modules described in this chapter are frameworks that will largely dictate the structure of your program. Currently the modules described here are all oriented toward writing command-line interfaces.

The full list of modules described in this chapter is:

• turtle — Turtle graphics
  • Introduction
  • Tutorial
    • Starting a turtle environment
    • Basic drawing
      • Pen control
      • The turtle’s position
    • Making algorithmic patterns
  • How to…
    • Get started as quickly as possible
    • Use the turtle module namespace
    • Use turtle graphics in a script
    • Use object-oriented turtle graphics
  • Turtle graphics reference
    • Turtle methods
    • Methods of TurtleScreen/Screen
  • Methods of RawTurtle/Turtle and corresponding functions
    • Turtle motion
    • Tell Turtle’s state
    • Settings for measurement
    • Pen control
      • Drawing state
      • Color control
      • Filling
      • More drawing control
    • Turtle state
      • Visibility
      • Appearance
    • Using events
    • Special Turtle methods
    • Compound shapes
  • Methods of TurtleScreen/Screen and corresponding functions
    • Window control
    • Animation control
    • Using screen events
    • Input methods
    • Settings and special methods
    • Methods specific to Screen, not inherited from TurtleScreen
  • Public classes
  • Explanation
  • Help and configuration
    • How to use help
    • Translation of docstrings into different languages
    • How to configure Screen and Turtles
  • turtledemo — Demo scripts
  • Changes since Python 2.6
  • Changes since Python 3.0
• cmd — Support for line-oriented command interpreters
  • Cmd Objects
  • Cmd Example
• shlex — Simple lexical analysis
  • shlex Objects
  • Parsing Rules
  • Improved Compatibility with Shells