Described in its subtitle as "Practical Programming for Total Beginners" this is a book for non-programmers. In it Al Sweigart shows how to perform tasks that take hours to do by hand, such as renaming files or updating spreadsheet cells, with Python programs. 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. As the blurb puts it, 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.

Author: Al Sweigart

Publisher: No Starch Press
Date: May 1, 2015
Pages: 504

ISBN: 9781593275990
Print: 1593275994
Kindle: B00WJ049VU

Category: Python
Level: Introductory for non-programmers

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