Reviews
"With lessons on how to use Python to program Excel spreadsheets, crawl websites, parse PDFs and Word documents, send emails, and other productivity-boosting task automation, it's a stellar resource for office workers, academics, and administrators." --Mashable Praise for the first edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: "The best part of programming is the triumph of seeing the machine do something useful. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python frames all of programming as these small triumphs; it makes the boring fun." -- Hilary Mason, Founder of Fast Forward Labs and Data Scientist in Residence at Accel "Do you need Automate the Boring Stuff with Python ? Yes, if you want to enhance your workflow by using automation, this is an excellent place to start. Highly recommended." --Network World "Valuable to have on your shelf...an extremely useful book." -- Kids, Code, and Computer Science Magazine " Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is perfect for anyone who has menial tasks they don't want to spend hours doing." -- GeekMom "Whether you prefer working through a book, or learning by watching, or both together, Automate the Boring Stuff will have you productive in Python in no time." --Serdar Yegulalp, InfoWorld "If you seriously want to know how much Python helps with automation, my favorite place is the Automate Boring Stuff with Python book, a simply awesome book." --Javin Paul, Hacker Noon "This is certainly a much more engaging way to learn Python . . . it gets you all excited by the prospect of making cool little programs that will save you time." --Andrew Lau, AndrewLauActuary.c om, Praise for the first edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: "The best part of programming is the triumph of seeing the machine do something useful. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python frames all of programming as these small triumphs; it makes the boring fun." -- Hilary Mason, Founder of Fast Forward Labs and Data Scientist in Residence at Accel "Do you need Automate the Boring Stuff with Python ? Yes, if you want to enhance your workflow by using automation, this is an excellent place to start. Highly recommended." --Network World "Valuable to have on your shelf...an extremely useful book." -- Kids, Code, and Computer Science Magazine " Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is perfect for anyone who has menial tasks they don't want to spend hours doing." -- GeekMom, "With lessons on how to use Python to program Excel spreadsheets, crawl websites, parse PDFs and Word documents, send emails, and other productivity-boosting task automation, it's a stellar resource for office workers, academics, and administrators." --Mashable Praise for the first edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: "The best part of programming is the triumph of seeing the machine do something useful. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python frames all of programming as these small triumphs; it makes the boring fun." -- Hilary Mason, Founder of Fast Forward Labs and Data Scientist in Residence at Accel "Do you need Automate the Boring Stuff with Python ? Yes, if you want to enhance your workflow by using automation, this is an excellent place to start. Highly recommended." --Network World "Valuable to have on your shelf...an extremely useful book." -- Kids, Code, and Computer Science Magazine " Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is perfect for anyone who has menial tasks they don't want to spend hours doing." -- GeekMom "Whether you prefer working through a book, or learning by watching, or both together, Automate the Boring Stuff will have you productive in Python in no time." --Serdar Yegulalp, InfoWorld "If you seriously want to know how much Python helps with automation, my favorite place is the Automate Boring Stuff with Python book, a simply awesome book." --Javin Paul, Hacker Noon "This is certainly a much more engaging way to learn Python . . . it gets you all excited by the prospect of making cool little programs that will save you time." --Andrew Lau, AndrewLauActuary.com "I've found both the book and Udemy course of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart to be really helpful." --Mark S, @Awful_Curious
Synopsis
In this second edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, you'll learn the basics of programming in Python, the fastest growing programming language today, before moving on to create Python programs that effortlessly perform useful and impressive feats of automation. This updated edition is full of step-by-step instructions that walk through each programme. Practice projects at the end of each chapter challenge you to improve those programmes and use your newfound skills to automate similar tasks., The second edition of this best-selling Python book (over 500,000 copies sold!) uses Python 3 to teach even the technically uninclined how to write programs that do in minutes what would take hours to do by hand. There is no prior programming experience required and the book is loved by liberal arts majors and geeks alike. If you've ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you? In this fully revised second edition of the best-selling classic Automate the Boring Stuff with Python , you'll learn how to use Python to write programs that do in minutes what would take you hours to do by hand--no prior programming experience required. You'll learn the basics of Python and explore Python's rich library of modules for performing specific tasks, like scraping data off websites, reading PDF and Word documents, and automating clicking and typing tasks. The second edition of this international fan favorite includes a brand-new chapter on input validation, as well as tutorials on automating Gmail and Google Sheets, plus tips on automatically updating CSV files. You'll learn how to create programs that effortlessly perform useful feats of automation to: - Search for text in a file or across multiple files - Create, update, move, and rename files and folders - Search the Web and download online content - Update and format data in Excel spreadsheets of any size - Split, merge, watermark, and encrypt PDFs - Send email responses and text notifications - Fill out online forms Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and updated practice projects at the end of each chapter challenge you to improve those programs and use your newfound skills to automate similar tasks. Don't spend your time doing work a well-trained monkey could do. Even if you've never written a line of code, you can make your computer do the grunt work. Learn how in Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition ., The second edition of this best-selling Python book (100,000+ copies sold in print alone) uses Python 3 to teach even the technically uninclined how to write programs that do in minutes what would take hours to do by hand. There is no prior programming experience required and the book is loved by liberal arts majors and geeks alike. If you've ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you? In this fully revised second edition of the best-selling classic Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, you'll learn how to use Python to write programs that do in minutes what would take you hours to do by hand--no prior programming experience required. You'll learn the basics Python and explore Python's rich library of modules for performing specific tasks, like scraping data off websites, reading PDF and Word documents, and automating clicking and typing tasks. The second edition of this international fan favorite includes a brand-new chapter on input validation, as well as tutorials on automating Gmail and Google Sheets, plus tips on automatically updating CSV files. You'll learn how to create programs that effortlessly perform useful feats of automation to: - Search for text in a file or across multiple files - Create, update, move, and rename files and folders - Search the Web and download online content - Update and format data in Excel spreadsheets of any size - Split, merge, watermark, and encrypt PDFs - Send email responses and text notifications - Fill out online forms Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and updated practice projects at the end of each chapter challenge you to improve those programs and use your newfound skills to automate similar tasks. Don't spend your time doing work a well-trained monkey could do. Even if you've never written a line of code, you can make your computer do the grunt work. Learn how in Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition ., The second edition of this best-selling Python book teaches even the technically uninclined how to automate the boring stuff.
