Python Turtle Tutorial!
Hi Everyone!
my friend @JWZ6 and I will be teaching you Python Turtle
today! I am new to tutorials so I hope this helps! (Me and My friend @JWZ6 working really hard on this so please upvote if you like it!)
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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started
- Turtle Movement
- Drawing
- Introduction
- Circles And Dots
- Stamp
- Making Polygons
- Positioning
- Goto
- Setposition
- Writing
- Drawing
- Drawing
- Color
- Filling
- Begin Filling
- End Filling
- Pen Visibility
- Show Turtle
- Hide Turtle
- Other Drawing Methods
- Turtle Speed
- Turtle Shape
- Turtle Size
- Turtle Pen Color
- Events
- Onkey
- Ontimer
- Onclick
- Python
- Python(with Turtle)
- Window
- Background
- Bgcolor
- Bgpic
- Reset
- Input
- Text Input
- Number Input
- Exiting
- Exit
- Exit Onclick
- More Window Methods
- Setup
- Title
- Ending
- Background
Getting Started
First, open up a new project. You can do it in either Python or Python(with Turtle). Next, do:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Giving The Turtle Project A Title turtle.title("Turtle Project")
The turtle.title()
won't work if your using Python(with Turtle). You can rename the turtle
title. Just be careful and don't get any errors.
Turtle Movement
Drawing (Introduction)
Lets start off by doing turtle.forward(30)
. This will make the turtle move forward. The number in the ()
is the amount you want it to go forward. You also have turtle.backward()
, turtle.left()
, turtle.right()
, turtle.up()
, and turtle.down
. No need for an explanation on how they work. For example, you could have:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Moving Forward turtle.forward(60) # Turning Left 40 Degrees turtle.right(-40) # Moving Backwards turtle.backward(20) # Turning Right 80 Degrees turtle.left(-80) # Turnin
Negatives also work. The numbers inside the
()
have to beintegers
orfloats
. Nostrings
Drawing (Circles And Dots)
If you want a circle, do turtle.circle(radius)
. The radius of the circle goes inside the ()
. If you use turtle.dot(radius, color)
, you would get a dot. The differences between the circle and the dot are that the dot would be filled by the color, but the circle wouldn't be. The middle of the dot is the turtle cursor
, but the edge of the dot is the cursor
. For example, you might have:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Making a circle with a radius of 20 turtle.circle(20) # Making a dot with the color of blue and the radius of 30 turtle.dot(30,"blue")
Drawing (Stamp)
By using turtle.stamp()
, you imprint the turtle shape onto the turtle canvas, whether it's triangle
or classic
(I'll get to that later). If you don't want the stamp, just don't use it. It looks like this:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Making A stamp turtle.stamp()
Making Polygons
To begin a polygon, use turtle.begin_poly()
. To end one, use turtle.end_poly()
. I'm not exactly sure why there's a begin
/end
polygon function. If you use it, do:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Using turtle.begin_poly() turtle.begin_poly() # Moving forward turtle.forward(90) # Ending The Polygons turtle.end_poly()
Position
You can position the turtle pen by using turtle.goto()
. or you can use setposition()
. They're the same thing. By using turtle.goto()
, the turtle pen will teleport the turtle to the exact coordinates that you give inside the ()
. If you put two coordinates then do x, y. Remember, x
comes first, not y
. For example, you could have:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # This will go to the position of 45(x), 4(y) coordinates turtle.goto(45, 4)
Writing
You can write text by using using turtle.write("text")
. For example, you could have:
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Using turtle.write() turtle.write("yay")
Drawing
Color
You can change the color by using turtle.color(color)
. That way you can change the turtle color while you are drawing. Look to Turtle Movement for how to do that. For example, you might have:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Changing The Color turtle.color("green") # Using The For Loop for i in range(4): # Moving Forward turtle.forward(50) # Turning Left turtle.left(90)
Filling
(You have to make a shape before the shape can be filled).
You can start filling by using turtle.begin_fill()
. You end the filling by doing turtle.end_fill()
. The last color you use before the turtle.end_fill()
will be the fill color. For example:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Specifying the color turtle.color("cyan") # Starting the fill turtle.begin_fill() # Making the circle turtle.circle(20) # Stopping the fill turtle.end_fill()
Pen Visibility
You can either hide the pen or show the pen in Python Turtle
. You can hide the turtle pen
by using turtle.hideturtle()
. Use turtle.showturtle()
to show the pen
. For example, you might use:
# Importing The Turtle Module import turtle # Hiding The Pen turtle.hideturtle() # Drawing A Circle turtle.circle(20) # Showing The Pen turtle.showturtle()
Other Drawing Methods
Turtle Speed
You can change the speed of how quick the turtle pen
is moving by using turtle.speed()
. The number range inside the ()
has to be 0-10. 0.5-0 shows no movement unless you change the turtle speed later on. 1 means very slow while 10 means fast. For example, you could have:
# Importing The Turtle Module like I always do import turtle # Changing The Speed turtle.speed(10) # Fast # Changing the color turtle.color("yellow") # Moving Forward turtle.forward(90)
Turtle Shape
There are 6 different types of turtle shapes: classic
, arrow
, square
, circle
, triangle
, and turtle
. You can use those shapes in turtle.shape(shape)
. For example, you could have:
# Importing The Turtle Module Like I Always Do import turtle # Changing The Shape turtle.shape("turtle")
Turtle Drawing Size
You can change the turtle drawing size by using turtle.pensize()
. The number inside the ()
must be in between 1-10. 1 is very thin but 10 is thick. For example, you might have:
# Importing The Turtle Module Again import turtle # Changing The Drawing Size turtle.pensize(8) # Drawing A Thick line turtle.forward(50)
Turtle Pen Color
You can change the pen color by using turtle.pencolor("")
. In the quotation marks put the color that you want the turtle to be. This will not change the drawing color, only the pen color. For example you could have:
# I Always Do This import turtle # Changing the PEN color turtle.pencolor("red") # Changing the DRAWING color turtle.color("blue") # Casually Drawing a Straight Line turtle.forward(50)
Events
Onkey
This will not work for mobile or Python(with Turtle)
Using turtle.onkey(function, "key")
will detect if a number, arrow key, or letter is pressed. For arrow keys, use "Up"
, "Down"
, "Left"
, and "Right"
. This does not work for other keys (like space). The same works for numbers. You could have:
# Importing Turtle import turtle # methods with different work # at different keys def one(): # Writing One20 turtle.write("1") # Using Onkey turtle.onkey(one, "1") # Using Onkey Again turtle.onkey(one, "o") # Using Onkey Once Again turtle.onkey(one, "Up") # Waiting For The Key 1 Or O To Be Pressed turtle.listen()
You must end with a
turtle.listen()
to make onkey work.
Ontimer
This only works in Python
turtle.ontimer(function, t=0)
means that it executes the function after the t = (t in milliseconds)
. You don't need to use turtle.listen()
. For example you could have this:
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Creating A function def func(): # Using turtle.write() turtle.right(180) # Using Ontimer turtle.ontimer(func, t = 500)
Onclick
Python
By using turtle.onclick(function (), btn=1, add=None)
. It will execute the function()
. btn=1
means the number of times the user has to click in order to execute the function
. add=None
means that if it is True
, a new binding will be added, and if it is False
it will replace a former binding. For example you could have:
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Creating A function def func(): # Using turtle.write() turtle.right(180) # Using Onclick turtle.onclick(func(), btn = 1, add = None)
Python (with Turtle)
Using onclick
in Python(with Turtle) is simpler than using onclick
in Python. The syntax looks like turtle.Screen.onclick(function)
. For example, you might have
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Creating A function def func(): # Using turtle.write() turtle.forward(180) # Using Onclick turtle.Screen.onclick(func)
Window
Background
This does not work for Python(with Turtle)
By using turtle.bgcolor("color")
, you create a background of the color. You can also create an image background by using turtle.bgpic("img.png")
. The img.png
is just an example. GIF's do not work. You could have
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Using bgcolor turtle.bgcolor("green")
To reset all the drawings, use
turtle.reset()
. The background will still be the same, though.
Input
This also does not work for Python(with Turtle)
For a text input, use turtle.textinput("title", "question")
. For a number input, use turtle.numinput()
. By using minval
and maxval
, you create a minimum value for the number and a maximum value for the number. For example, you could have:
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Making An input turtle.numinput("Number", "Type a number from 1 to 10:", minval=1, maxval=10)
Exiting
If you want to exit very quick, use turtle.bye()
. If you want to exit onclick, do turtle.exitonclick()
. For example, you can have:
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Exiting onclick turtle.exitonclick()
More Window Methods
Setup Size
This does not work in Python(with Turtle)
You can change the setup by using turtle.setup()
. There are 4 attributes: width
, height
, startx
, and starty
. The width
and height
are self-explanatory. Using startx
will make the starting position align more to the left. The starty
attribute does the opposite. You might have:
# Importing Turtle Again import turtle # Using Setup turtle.setup(width=500, height=300, startx=0, starty=0)
Title
This also does not work in Python(with Turtle)
I already talked about title
in the very beginning. The syntax is turtle.title("title")
. For example, you can have:
# Importing Turtle As Usual import turtle # Using title turtle.title("Something")
Ending
This took me and my friend @JWZ6 4 days to write! I hope you found this useful. If you did, make sure to upvote. (btw I am new to tutorials) Anyways, I'm done!
Bye!
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@ahmedo123454 Thx! I just wish more people would see it.
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