Rowan, keyboard enchanter
Special move: turns bugs into snack breaks.
🗺️ Course map
Wizarding Code
🪄 Learn Python with spells, houses, and games. Each module has a concept walkthrough, discussion prompts, runnable examples, and Try This challenges — aimed at teens and curious muggles alike.
Patch, accidental QA lead
Tests every key. Mostly with a tail.
⚙️ Quick setup
- New here? Open Module 0: Get Set Up — Mu Editor, VS Code, Python/IDLE, or browser tools for Chromebooks.
- Already set up? Jump to Module 1 and run
python3 hello.py. - Lines starting with
#are comments — notes for you, ignored by Python.
▶ Run Python in your browser
Want to try an example right away? Open the Python Playground — no install or sign-in needed.
🎮 Mini-games
Take a break from typing — solve a mystery, blast cursed rocks, or chase the Snitch. No Python install needed.
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🕵️ Mystery
The Midnight Heist
Detective-style case: bag clues across the castle, then accuse the right suspect.
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☄️ Arcade
Broomoids
Asteroids with a broom — thrust, turn, and Lumos-blast cursed meteors.
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🏆 Seeker
Snitch Sprint
Catch the Golden Snitch, dodge Bludgers, beat the clock.
📚 All modules
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⚙️ Module 0
Get Set Up
Mu, VS Code, Python & IDLE, or browser coding for Chromebooks — pick a path and run your first line.
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✨ Module 1
Introduction to Python
Variables, print, and your first spells — welcome to Wizarding Code.
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📦 Module 2
Lists
Store more than one thing at a time — inventorie, teams, and trunks.
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🔁 Module 3
Loops
Cheer every house, tally quiz scores, and repeat without copy-paste.
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🎩 Module 4
Conditional Statements
If / elif / else — Sorting Hats, spell permissions, and branching choices.
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📖 Module 5
Dictionaries
Key–value pairs — student records, house points, and spell books.
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⌨️ Module 6
User Input and While Loops
Talk to your program — guessing games, menus, and clean-up with strip/lower.
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🧩 Module 7
Functions
Reusable spell-blocks — define once, cast many times.
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🗺️ Module 8
Text Based Game
Rooms as functions, inventories, and a map you can walk.
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⚔️ Module 9
Text Based Game Part 2
Menus, globals, fake animation, screen clears, and random encounters.
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🦉 Module 10
Connecting to an API
Owl post to the internet — live JSON, advice, cat facts, and nested data.
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🌐 Module 11
More APIs
Query params, rhymes, error handling, movie search, and saving results.
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🐢 Module 12
Turtle, Final Wrap-up and Beyond
Draw with code, recap the course, and peek at what comes next.