Hello! I'm Martin Fitzpatrick a Python programmer, tutor & tinkerer.

On this site you'll find my latest writing, from books & courses, to odd retro projects.

invent  games

BASIC10 Remaking the classic Atari game ET in 10 lines of SAM Coupé BASIC

invent  games

BASIC10 Writing Snake in 10 lines of SAM Coupé BASIC Simple Snake game in 10 lines of BASIC

tools

Writing a SAM Coupé SCREEN$ Converter in Python Interrupt optimizing image converter

tools

Preserving the FRED disk magazine's text by decoding the Entropy Reader Writing a SAM Coupé Reader parser in Python

invent  games

Squeezing Space Invaders onto the BBC micro:bit's 25 pixels MicroPython retro game in just 25 pixels

decode

SAM Coupé Networking SAM Coupé Network Figuring out the SAM Coupé 8 bit home computer's networking abilities

invent  raspberry-pi

Etch-a-Snap Plotter From drawing instructions to motor movements.

invent  raspberry-pi

Etch-a-Snap Drawing Converting the image to a line drawing

More

DiffCast: Hands-free Python Screencast Creator
Create reproducible programming screencasts without typos or edits
Using MicroPython and uploading libraries on Raspberry Pi Pico
Using rshell to upload custom code
SAM Coupé Networking Network Interface Design
Details of the SAM Coupé networking circuitry
Is it getting better yet?
An optimistic visual guide to the Coronavirus pandemic
Etch-a-Snap Image Processing
Preparing the image to plot
Etch-a-Snap Build
Putting together the Etch-A-Snap
Etch-a-Snap Etch-A-Snap
The Raspberry Pi powered Etch-A-Sketch camera
Gyroscopic 3D wireframe cube
Using a 3-axis gyro for live 3D perspective
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Current Projects

Books

Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt (PyQt6 Edition)
Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt (PySide2 Edition)
Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt (PyQt5 Edition)
Create GUI Applications with Python & Qt (PySide6 Edition)

Writing on other sites

Packaging PySide6 applications into a macOS app with PyInstaller (updated for 2022)
Packaging PySide6 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge (updated for 2022)
PyQt5 vs PyQt6: What are the differences, and is it time to upgrade?
PySide2 vs PySide6: What are the differences, and is it time to upgrade?
QPSQL driver not loaded: Using Postgres with Qt & Python on Windows
Drag & drop widgets with PyQt
Sort widgets visually with drag and drop in a container
Packaging PyQt6 applications for Windows, with PyInstaller & InstallForge (updated for PyQt6)
Create your first Python GUI with PySide6
A simple Hello world app (updated for PySide6)
Building a Python analog clock with Animations and Transformations in QtQuick/QML
Building a Python analog clock with Animations and Transformations in QtQuick/QML