Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming

f you're an office worker, student, administrator, or just want to become more productive with your computer, programming will allow you write code that can automate tedious tasks. This course follows the popular (and free!) book, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python was written for people who want to get up to speed writing small programs that do practical tasks as soon as possible. You don't need to know sorting algorithms or object-oriented programming, so this course skips all the computer science and concentrates on writing code that gets stuff done. This course is for complete beginners and covers the popular Python programming language. You'll learn basic concepts as well as: Web scraping Parsing PDFs and Excel spreadsheets Automating the keyboard and mouse Sending emails and texts And several other practical topics By the end of this course, you'll be able to write code that not only dramatically increases your productivity, but also be able to list this fun and creative skill on your resume.

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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming
Duration

2 Month

Skills Coverd

Expert

Requirements

No programming experience is required. Downloading and installing Python is covered at the start of the course. Basic computer skills: surfing websites, running programs, saving and opening documents, etc.

Topics

Automate tasks on their computer by writing simple Python programs.
Write programs that can do text pattern recognition with "regular expressions".
Programmatically generate and update Excel spreadsheets.
Parse PDFs and Word documents.
Crawl web sites and pull information from online sources.
Write programs that send out email notifications.
Use Python's debugging tools to quickly figure out bugs in your code.
Programmatically control the mouse and keyboard to click and type for you.

What you will learn

  • 1 - Python Basics

    Get Python Installed

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  • 2 - Flow Control

  • 3 - Functions

  • 4 - Handling Errors with try/except

  • 5 - Writing a Complete Program: Guess the Number

  • 6 - Lists

  • 7 - Dictionaries

  • 8 - More About Strings

  • 9 - Running Programs from the Command Line

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Meredith Parsons

Instructor

Meredith Parsons
I'm Angela, I'm a developer with a passion for teaching. I'm the lead instructor at the London App Brewery, London's leading Programming Bootcamp. I've helped hundreds of thousands of students learn to code and change their lives by becoming a developer. I've been invited by companies such as Twi...