6 Best Python Libraries For Fun

Being one of the most popular languages in the entire world, Python has created a buzz around among developers over the past few years. This came into the limelight when the number of Python developers outnumbered Java back in 2020. Having easy syntax and easy to understand (just like English), it has been the most preferred choice for beginners for a while now. With over 137,000 libraries, Python has a vast scope of learning in different domains (such as Game, Testing, Web Development, etc.) and that’s what makes it more exciting. 

In this article, we will be covering some of the most fascinating and widely used libraries of Python that can be used to create amusing projects with Python.

6 Python Libraries for Fun at Beginner’s Level

1. Tkinter

This library works like a charm by enabling developers to create a cross-platform GUI for Python applications. The best part about this library is its independency to work on by offering a great object-oriented interface to the toolkit and can easily be run on any platform i.e. Mac, Windows, etc. without having any further installations.

It generally takes 4 easy steps to set up a GUI via tk toolkit, these include:

• IMPORT -> Tkinter (Module)
• CREATE -> Main Window (Container)
• ADD -> Start adding extensions/widgets (such as buttons, boxes, etc.)
• APPLY -> Complete the setup by applying the event trigger.

Below are some of the projects that can be created to get hands-on experience:

• Restaurant Management System
• Medical Store Management System
• BMI calculator
• Rock Paper Scissor Game

To learn more about it, refer to – Python Tkinter Tutorial

2. Turtle

It’s one of the most famous and highly used modules in the Python library which everyone must’ve interacted with during childhood. This module offers users to create drawings and images or shapes over the screen and it enables users to input commands and accordingly you’ll see the cursor moving in the designated position. Turtle is certainly one of the most interesting tools, especially for beginners and it comes in handy as a built-in library for Python.

Turtle is a subset of LOGO which we used to work on in the early 2000s and it can be used to create one of the most famous “Snake” games as a part of the enjoyment.

Below are some of the projects that can be created to get hands-on experience:

• Draw any shape (circle, rectangle) and fill in colors as per choice
• Draw a star or Polygon 
• To draw a Triangle in 7 easy steps

To learn more about it, refer to –  Turtle Programming in Python

3. PyGame

PyGame is among those fascinating library that is used for creating video games consisting of modules such as graphical and sound libraries. Working with PyGame for game development includes mathematics, logic, physics, AI, and much more and it can be amusing. In python, game programming is done in Pygame and is one of the best modules for doing so.

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Below are some of the projects that can be created to get hands-on experience:

• Snake Game
• Textual Adventure Game
• Guess-game

To learn more about it, refer to –  Pygame Tutorial

4. Pyaztro

Pyaztro is among those famous libraries that are known for creating applications for horoscopes and lucky numbers. This library is derived from aztro which is a REST API and provides the functionality of these kinds of cool apps that are trendy these days.

Although it is written in Python Programming Language, it can be tricky at first, but working with this library is simply amazing. Beginners can create some of the most amazing projects like:

• Daily/Weekly Horoscope 
• Color Guess
• Health Analyzer
• Lucky Number Finder

You can download this with Python 3+ and by using the below syntax you’re good to go:

pip install pyaztro

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5. Pandas

Pandas is probably one of the most widely used for performing real-life data analysis that every Python developer prefers. It’s simply free-to-use, open-source, and works for manipulating numerical tables and time series.

Besides this, Pandas goes well with Arbitrary matrix data, Tabular Format Data, Statistical Data Sets, etc. This tool aligns well for inserting and deleting columns from the data frame.

Though, if you’re considering to start using Pandas, then you must have some experience, coding with Python Programming Language (concepts like lists, tuples, functions, etc. must be clear), and then you start working on some of the most interesting projects:

• Puzzle Game
• Plants Identifier 
• Movie Recommender

You can download this with Python 3.8+ and by using the below syntax you’re good to go:

pip install pyaztro

To learn more about it, refer to –  Pandas Tutorial

6. Beautiful Soup

When we talk about fetching data from any website, it’s preferred to use beautiful soup. This helps in aligning the data in a structured format that is available over the Internet. It’s probably one of the best ways of Collecting – Organizing – Analyzing data. If you want to read more about web scraping, you may refer to this article: Introduction to Web Scraping

Besides this, it helps in extracting texts from the HTML tags, and installing this library is pretty simple. Below is the syntax to install Beautiful Soup (if you’ve pip installed):

pip install beautifulsoup4

You can create interesting projects by using this library:

• Fuel Price Tracker
• Check Flight Status
• Live Train Status

Conclusion

We hope that next time when you’ll be working with Python Programming, you’ll try to create some fascinating projects after knowing these 6 libraries that be used for fun. Python has a great demand in the current tech industry and it will always be. Hence, learning these libraries will be of great use when you implement projects using Python.