Create and Run First Turtle Program

17 Sep Create and Run First Turtle Program

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Let us run our first Turtle program. First, we installed Python in the previous lesson. While installing Python, we installed IDLE, which is a free IDE to run Python programs. We also saw that turtle is ready to use as soon as Python is installed by typing import turtle in the previous lesson:

Turtle available with Python installation

To run our first Turtle program, let us create a new file in IDLE. Go to the File menu, click New File. Press CTRL+S and save the file as Demo1.py. To add the code in your first program, follow the steps below:

Step 1: The program starts by importing the turtle module, which is a built-in Python library used for simple graphics and drawing.
Step 2: It creates a drawing window using turtle.Screen(). This window acts as the canvas where the turtle will move and draw. The title of the window is set to “My First Turtle Program” to personalize it.
Step 3: A turtle object is created using turtle.Turtle(). This object, named my_turtle, behaves like a pen that can move around the screen and draw lines.
Step 4: The turtle is instructed to move forward by 100 pixels. As it moves, it draws a straight line on the canvas.
Step 5: The program waits for a mouse click inside the window. Once clicked, the window closes automatically using exitonclick().

Note: As discussed, we will run our Python programs on IDLE.

Here is our complete Python Turtle program for which we discussed the steps above:

Demo1.py

# First Turtle Program
# Code by Studyopedia

import turtle

# Create a window for drawing
window = turtle.Screen()
window.title("My First Turtle Program")

# Create a turtle object
my_turtle = turtle.Turtle()

# Move the turtle forward
my_turtle.forward(100)

# Close the window on click
window.exitonclick()

Now, go to the Run menu and click Run Module. Run the program as shown below:

Run first Turtle program on Python IDLE