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020 _a9781593275990
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041 _aeng
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_bSWEA
100 _aAl Sweigart
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245 _aAutomate the boring stuff with Python:
_bpractical programming for total beginners
260 _aSan Francisco
_bNo Starch Press
_c2015
300 _axxi,479 p.
_bPB
_c23x18 cm.
365 _2Physics
_aABDI/0543/22
_b69.95
_c$
_d52.46
_e25%
_f07-02-2022
520 _aIf 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.
650 _aPython Programming Basics
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650 _aAutomating Tasks
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650 _aDebugging
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650 _aWeb Scraping
_919102
650 _aRunning Programs
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700 _aSWEIGART (Al)
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