Okay, so today I’m gonna share my experience with something I’ve been messing around with lately: a tarot coin project. It’s been a wild ride, let me tell you.
Getting Started
It all started when I got this idea to make a digital tarot reading thing. I was looking for something new to learn, and I thought, why not? I didn’t know much about tarot, but I was ready to dive in. First thing I did was find some images of tarot cards online. I grabbed a bunch of them and made sure they were all the same size, just to keep things neat.
Building the Thing
Next, I decided to start with a simple command-line version, because, well, why make things complicated from the get-go? I picked Python ’cause it’s pretty chill and easy to work with. So, I whipped up a little script that would randomly pick a card image and display it. It was super basic, but it worked! I felt like a coding wizard, even though it was just a few lines of code.
Making It Look Nice
After I got the basic version working, I thought, “Hey, this needs to look better.” So, I started looking into ways to make it a bit fancier. I played around with some Python libraries for making GUIs, like Tkinter and then decided to move on to a web version. I used HTML and CSS to create a layout for the coin. I made it look like a real coin with two sides. Then, I added some JavaScript to make it flip when you click it.
Here’s how I did the flipping part:
- Set up the HTML: I made a
for the coin and put two images inside it, one for each side.
- Styled it with CSS: I made the coin look round and gave it some basic styling. I also set up the flip animation using CSS transitions.
- Added JavaScript magic: I wrote some JavaScript to add a “flipped” class to the coin when you click it. This triggered the flip animation.
Adding the Tarot Reading
Once the coin was flipping all nice and pretty, I had to connect it to the tarot reading part. I decided to keep it simple: one coin flip equals one card drawn. I made a dictionary in Python that matched each card with a brief interpretation. When you flip the coin, the JavaScript part sends a request to a Python backend, which then picks a random card and sends back the interpretation to be displayed on the page.
I have to say, I’m pretty proud of how it turned out. It’s not perfect, but it’s a fun little project that I learned a lot from. And who knows, maybe I’ll add more features later, like multiple card spreads or something. But for now, I’m just happy to have a working tarot coin that I can flip whenever I need a little guidance.
