Exercises proposed in the Python Candies lesson about intermediate-level Python development and quick interaction prototyping.
The descriptions of each exercise are reported below:
###Exercise 3 - Text To Speech
Write a program to make the computer «speak» text strings given by users on the console. The program must ask for new words until the word «exit» is entered, in such a case it should greet the user by saying «Goodbye».
Suggestion:
- check how the Google’s tts service works
###Exercise 1 - System metrics
Write a program to provide a set of system metrics :
- the current load average,
- the operating system version, name, architecture,
- the total and the free memory
- Add some information on CPU and disk usage
Monitor the CPU percentage value and trigger a vocal warning if the CPU goes over a given threshold, e.g., 10%.
Suggestion:
- The
psutilmodule offers system-independent access to the O.S. performance metrics
###Exercise 2 - Music crawler
Write a program that, given a starting folder, crawls all the folder sub-directories to find music files.
- Root folders are provided at the program prompt, on the command line
- Typing the word «exit» stops the program execution
Suggestion:
- The os module allows to access operating system facilities (e.g., bash commands)
- Consider .mp3 and .flac files only
###Exercise 4 - Mp3 Player
Write a program for playing a given mp3 audio file.
Suggestion:
- Exploit the mplayer software as in the Text To Speech exercise
###Exercise 5 - Vocal mail fetch
Write a program that:
- Monitors your inbox folder for unseen messages
- Provides a vocal summary of newly received messages including the message count, and for each message the sender(s) and the title
Suggestion:
- Assume that the mail server is accessible through IMAP
- The Python modules that enable mailbox access and mail reading are: imaplib and email