Automate the boring stuff with python: Practical programming for total beginners

Al Sweigart

San Francisco, 2020

Abstract

“Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition” teaches you how to write Python programs to automate tedious tasks, such as renaming files, updating spreadsheets, and scraping data from the web. This fully revised edition covers the basics of Python 3 and explores its powerful modules for automating specific tasks. With step-by-step instructions and practice projects, you’ll learn to create useful tools while building your programming skills. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to learn Python and automate their everyday tasks, even with no prior coding experience.

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Note that the convention for importing pathlib is to run from pathlib import Path, since otherwise we’d have to enter pathlib.Path everywhere Path shows up in our code. Not only is this extra typing redundant, but it’s also redundant.

Humorous · Redundancy

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