python turtle graphics introduction python is very well supported in terms of graphics libraries one of the most widely used graphics libraries is the turtle graphics library introduced in this this is partly because it is straight forward to use and partly because it is provided by default with the python environment (and this you do not need to install any additional libraries to use itthe concludes by briefly considering number of other graphic libraries including pyopen gl the pyopengl library can be used to create sophisticated scenes the turtle graphics library the turtle module this provides library of features that allow what are known as vector graphics to be created vector graphics refers to the lines (or vectorsthat can be drawn on the screen the drawing area is often referred to as drawing plane or drawing board and has the idea of xy coordinates the turtle graphics library is intended just as basic drawing toolother libraries can be used for drawing two and three dimensional graphs (such as matplotlibbut those tend to focus on specific types of graphical displays the idea behind the turtle module (and its namederives from the logo programming language from the and that was designed to introduce programming to children it had an on screen turtle that could be controlled by commands such as forward (which would move the turtle forward)right (which would turn the turtle by certain number of degrees)left (which turns the turtle left by certain number of (cspringer nature switzerland ag huntadvanced guide to python programmingundergraduate topics in computer science