Automate the Boring Stuff with Python : Practical Programming for Total Beginner

Description: Product InformationIf 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 uProduct IdentifiersPublisherNo Starch Press, IncorporatedISBN-101593275994ISBN-139781593275990eBay Product ID (ePID)201642099Product Key FeaturesAuthorAl SweigartPublication NameAutomate the Boring Stuff with Python : Practical Programming for Total BeginnersFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishPublication Year2015TypeTextbookNumber of Pages504 PagesDimensionsItem Length9.2in.Item Height1.2in.Item Width7in.Item Weight33.5 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberQa76.73.P98Reviews"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 WorldTable of ContentIntroduction Part I: Python Programming Basics Chapter 1: Python Basics Chapter 2: Flow Control Chapter 3: Functions Chapter 4: Lists Chapter 5: Dictionaries and Structuring Data Chapter 6: Manipulating Strings Part II: Automating Tasks Chapter 7: Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions Chapter 8: Reading and Writing Files Chapter 9: Organizing Files Chapter 10: Debugging Chapter 11: Web Scraping Chapter 12: Working with Excel Spreadsheets Chapter 13: Working with PDF and Word Documents Chapter 14: Working with CSV Files and JSON Data Chapter 15: Keeping Time, Scheduling Tasks, and Launching Programs Chapter 16: Sending Email and Text Messages Chapter 17: Manipulating Images Chapter 18: Controlling the Keyboard and Mouse with GUI Animation A: Installing Third-Party Modules B: Running Programs C: Answers to the Practice QuestionsCopyright Date2015Target AudienceTradeTopicProgramming / General, Computer Science, Programming / Open Source, Programming Languages / PythonLccn2014-953114IllustratedYesGenreComputers

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