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Python: Simple Guessing Game

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Lab description

Build your Python skills by creating a basic console based guessing game.

Combine Python's language fundamentals to build a game that prompts player's to guess a number between 1 and 20.

The code used in this lab demonstrates some of Python's fundamental language features.

Features such as:

  • Importing modules
  • Function definitions
  • Loops
  • Conditionals
  • Operators

Prerequisites:

  • Familiarity with the Python runtime
  • Familiarity with the Python language syntax
  • Familiarity with callables
  • Familiarity with modules
  • Familiarity with built-in callables such as: int, input, and print

Target Audience

  • Novice Python Developers

Updates

January 23rd, 2024 - Disable Python start page pop-up

April 19th, 2023 - Updated theia to enable autosave

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Ben Lambert is a software engineer and was previously the lead author for DevOps and Microsoft Azure training content at Cloud Academy. His courses and learning paths covered Cloud Ecosystem technologies such as DC/OS, configuration management tools, and containers. As a software engineer, Ben’s experience includes building highly available web and mobile apps. When he’s not building software, he’s hiking, camping, or creating video games.

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