Paperback, 504 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 2015 by No Starch Press.
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:
Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and practice projects at …
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:
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.[ (Source)][1]
[1]: www.amazon.com/Automate-Boring-Stuff-Python-Programming/dp/1593275994
A decent introduction to Python and programming. The focus is a bit too desktop focused and would like to see more in server based usage.
I have a few other introductions to Python, but this one was especially appealing to me. Its example applications are very practical, and it covers regular expressions, file handling, web scraping, working with MSWord and MS Excel files, and handling image files and e-mails.
There is a reason that this is the number one book recommended to those looking to get started with Python. I went from practically zero Python knowledge to being able to effectively use Python for both work and hobby. The projects included at the end of each chapter are a great way to reinforce what you are learning.
