Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Workbook

You've seen what Python can do. Now go deeper.This workbook transforms Al Sweigart’s best-selling guide from a reading experience into a coding experience. Following Automate the Boring Stuff with Python chapter by chapter, this workbook will help you turn concepts into muscle memory through carefully designed exercises, projects, and real Python scripts.Every concept from Automate is reinforced through carefully sequenced questions, exercises, and projects that help you think like a programmer and prove to yourself that you really get it.At the end of each chapter, you’ll tackle miniprojects that bring everything together. Whether you’re renaming files, scraping websites, converting text to speech, modifying spreadsheets, or sending emails, you’ll build scripts that do real work. Fun projects like image generators and word games are in the mix too, not just boring stuff.Every question and project come with a solution at the back of the book, so you’re never stuck.Inside, you’ll find:

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Python BasicsChapter 2: if-else and Flow ControlChapter 3: LoopsChapter 4: FunctionsChapter 5: DebuggingChapter 6: ListsChapter 7: Dictionaries and Structuring DataChapter 8: Strings and Text EditingChapter 9: Text Pattern Matching With Regular ExpressionsChapter 10: Reading and Writing FilesChapter 11: Organizing FilesChapter 12: Designing and Deploying Command Line ProgramsChapter 13: Web ScrapingChapter 14: Working with Excel SpreadsheetsChapter 15: Working with Google SheetsChapter 16: SQLite DatabasesChapter 17: PDF and Word DocumentsChapter 18: CSV, JSON, and XML FilesChapter 19: Keeping Time, Scheduling Tasks, and Launching ProgramsChapter 20: Sending Email, Texts, and Push NotificationsChapter 21: Making Graphs and Manipulating ImagesChapter 22: Recognizing Text in ImagesChapter 22: Controlling Keyboard and MouseChapter 24: Text-To-Speech and Speech Recognition EnginesAnswers