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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: ́ØSearch for text in a file or across multiple files ́ØCreate, update, move, and rename files and folders ́ØSearch the Web and download online content ́ØUpdate and format data in Excel spreadsheets of any size ́ØSplit, merge, watermark, and encrypt PDFs ́ØSend email responses and text notifications ́ØFill 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 .… (more)
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If you don't know about it, reading up on regular expressions is something you must absolutely do. It might as well be from this book. Then there's other stuff like generating random quiz files which is always good to know. There was one thing that was completely new to me: I'd never heard of PyAutoGUI. It could be interesting for automated form filling, although I have no present use for it. Oh yeah, and the book isn't one of those super dry programming books. Occasionally it can be quite funny.