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In this liveProject, you’ll use Python to build a nonogram puzzle generator that creates a printable puzzle pack from the command line. Nonograms are puzzles that reveal an image on a grid, based on numbers along the grid’s edge. Most programmatic implementations solve nonograms, but yours will generate them. To do this, you’ll code your script, relying on two essential data structures: the pandas DataFrame and the NumPy array. You’ll also experiment with image libraries including Pillow and pixelate, and gain a better understanding of basic image processing concepts.
This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.
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This liveProject is for intermediate-level Python practitioners who are comfortable with the basics of operating on data structures, defining functions, importing third-party libraries, and debugging your code. To begin this liveProject, you will need to be familiar with the following:
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- Basic Python
- Basic pandas
- Describing data structures
- Converting between data structures
- Installing third-party libraries
- Running a Python script from the command line
you will learn
In this liveProject, you’ll build a script that will generate a PDF file for a nonogram puzzle from an image. The skills you’ll learn throughout this project will be directly applicable to your job as a software developer, analyst, or data scientist.
- Manipulating image files
- Pillow library
- pixelate library
- regular expressions
- Styling a DataFrame
- Basic HTML and CSS
- Exporting a table as an image file
- Generating PDF files
- Converting between data structures
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