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Objects students can reason about
Shapes, images, and text behave like the objects students already imagine—create one, move it, resize it, and make it respond.
Graphics for first-time Python creators
Python makes more sense when you can see it move.
pyDraw gives students a friendly, object-oriented way to turn code into shapes, stories, games, and ideas—without getting lost in graphics boilerplate.
Built by students, for students—and shaped by the classroom.
1 from pydraw import *
2
3 screen = Screen(640, 420)
4 sun = Oval(screen, 470, 48,
5 72, 72, Color("gold"))
6
7 def mousedown(location, button):
8 rocket.move(0, -12)
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10 screen.listen()
11 screen.loop() Your scene
Run the code, then click the scene.
Made for the moment when
“What does this line do?”becomes“Look what I made!”
Less setup. More discovery.
A graphics library that stays out of the lesson’s way.
pyDraw makes programming ideas tangible, keeping attention on the concept—not on untangling an API.
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Input without the plumbing
Keyboard and mouse events connect directly to student-written functions, making interactive work feel immediate.
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A coordinate system that clicks
A visual, predictable screen model builds intuition for position, motion, distance, and geometry.
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Small enough for day one.
Capable enough for the final project.
Begin with a single shape. Grow into sprites, scenes, collision detection, custom polygons, images, and animations—all in the same approachable system.
Designed for learning
More making. Less untangling.
Every pyDraw choice is made to help new programmers form a clear mental model. The result is an API students can remember and code teachers can read at a glance.
- 01Readable by design
Method names say what they do, so examples feel more like instructions than incantations.
- 02Built for progressive lessons
Move naturally from coordinates and loops to objects, events, scenes, and larger projects.
- 03Made from classroom experience
Designed by students and teachers who understand where beginners actually get stuck.
Lesson path01 → 04
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Meet your canvasScreen · coordinates · color
12 min02
Make a characterObjects · images · layers
22 min03
Give it controlsEvents · motion · input
30 min04
Build a tiny worldScenes · collision · logic
45 minFrom syntax to story
One clear idea at a time.
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→Rectangle(...)Make something2
→player.move(...)Change something3
def keydown(key):Make it respondReady when you are
Put Python on the screen.
Start with one shape. See where your mind takes you.