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Updated ISBN2
9781593279929
Artist
Sweigart, Al
ISBN
9781593275990

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
No Starch Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1593275994
ISBN-13
9781593275990
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201642099

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
504 Pages
Publication Name
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python : Practical Programming for Total Beginners
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Subject
Programming / General, Programming Languages / Python
Type
Textbook
Author
Al. Sweigart
Subject Area
Computers
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
33.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-953114
Reviews
"I'm having a lot of fun breaking things and then putting them back together, and just remembering the joy of turning a set of instructions into something useful and fun, like I did when I was a kid." --Wil Wheaton "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
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Yes
Synopsis
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 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. Once you've mastered the basics of programming, you'll create Python programs that effortlessly perform useful and impressive 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 reminder emails and text notifications Fill out online forms Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and 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 ., 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 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. Once you've mastered the basics of programming, you'll create Python programs that effortlessly perform useful and impressive 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 reminder emails and text notifications -Fill out online forms Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and 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 . Note: The programs in this book are written to run on Python 3., 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 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. Once you ve mastered the basics of programming, you ll create Python programs that effortlessly perform useful and impressive 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 reminder emails and text notifications Fill out online forms Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and 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. Note: The programs in this book are written to run on Python 3.
LC Classification Number
QA76.73.P98

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