• Each program must employ a dictionary.
• Each program should fulfill a useful, contextualized purpose.
• If you would like to employ a Python concept that we have not yet covered in class, you are welcome to do so.
• Submit each program as a separate *.py file, via Moodle.
• The project is due on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 11:55 pm.

Here are some examples of project ideas. You are welcome to use any of these. Feel free to expand (or simplify) any of these suggestions; alternatively, you are greatly encouraged to pursue your own project ideas. In any event, make sure your submissions fulfill to the above requirements.

• Write a program that performs literal translations of text between two languages. It will load a dictionary of terms from a file. It will then accept user input. This user input could either be keyboard input or file input. It will then print (or output to a file) a translation.

  Here is a sample file that could be used for translations. The example below employs that file. Note that this program does not take grammar or context into account in any way.

  >>> translator('engSpan.txt')
  > the fox jumps up
  el zorro salta arriba 
  > the fox jumps over the moon
  el zorro salta [unknown] el luna 
  > that man is crazy
  este hombre es loco 
  > 
  >>> 
  

• Write a program to maintain a gradebook. It will store students and their grades in a file. It will read the students and grades from the file, storing them in a dictionary. The instructor can update and look up student grades while the program runs. When the program ends, the updated grades are written to the file.

  In this example, the program is run three times. Observe how changes are persistent between runs.

  >>> gradebook('csci150.txt')
  Add or Lookup? Add
  Student name: Moe
  Grade: 50
  Add or Lookup? Add
  Student name: Larry
  Grade: 80
  Add or Lookup? Add
  Student name: Curly
  Grade: 70
  Add or Lookup? Add
  Student name: Moe
  Grade: 90
  Add or Lookup? Add
  Student name: Curly
  Grade: 100
  Add or Lookup? 
  >>> gradebook('csci150.txt')
  Add or Lookup? Lookup
  Student name: Moe
  Grades: [50, 90]
  Average: 70.0
  Add or Lookup? Lookup
  Student name: Curly
  Grades: [70, 100]
  Average: 85.0
  Add or Lookup? Lookup
  Student name: Larry
  Grades: [80]
  Average: 80.0
  Add or Lookup? Add
  Student name: Larry
  Grade: 40
  Add or Lookup? Lookup
  Student name: Larry
  Grades: [80, 40]
  Average: 60.0
  Add or Lookup? 
  >>> gradebook('csci150.txt')
  Add or Lookup? Lookup
  Student name: Larry
  Grades: [80, 40]
  Average: 60.0
  Add or Lookup? 
  >>> 
  

• Write a program that looks up named turtle movement patterns from a file. The user can enter the name of the pattern, and the turtle will execute it.

  >>> smartTurtle('shapes.txt')
  shape? square
  shape? triangle
  shape? asdf
  Sorry, not present
  shape? 
  >>>
  

  Here is the image: