cs1graphics

This site is devoted to cs1graphics, an object-oriented drawing package for Python. It was specifically developed to support teaching introductory computer science. It is described in the paper A Graphics Package for the First Day and Beyond and used as part of the textbook Object-Oriented Programming in Python.

News:

18 January 2012

Version 1.2a2 alpha release is available for download.

26 August 2011

Version 1.2a1 alpha release is available for download.

New features include:

• Simultaneous Python 2.x and 3.x compatibility
• Greatly improved efficiency
• Z-ordering can be controled by integer depth attribute, or order in which objects are added
• Image class supports pixel-level manipulations and arbitrary transformations
• Support for dashed lines/borders, and forward/reverse arrows for Path or Spline

See the changelog for more information

Please report any bugs to bugs@cs1graphics.org.

30 June 2008

Version 1.1beta of cs1graphics.py is available for download.

New features include:

• Bug fixes and stability improvements
• New drawables: Image, Spline, ClosedSpline and Ellipse
• New export formats using Python image library
• Support for saving an animation as a sequence of images
• Math mode that moves origin to the lower-left corner of screen

See the changelog for more information

19 December 2007

Version 1.0 of cs1graphics.py is available for download.

If you would like to be put on a mailing list to be informed of new releases send an email to info@cs1graphics.org.

Bugs can be reported to bugs@cs1graphics.org

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Michael H. Goldwasser and David Letscher
Saint Louis University