In this fully revised third edition of 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 …

Introduction Chapter 1 – Python Basics Chapter 2 – Flow Control Chapter 3 – Functions Chapter 4 – Lists Chapter 5 – Dictionaries and Structuring Data Chapter 6 – Manipulating Strings Chapter 7 – …

All Python programs can call a basic set of functions called built-in functions, including the print (), input (), and len () functions you’ve seen before. Python also comes with a set of modules called the …

While the interactive shell is good for running Python instructions one at a time, to write entire Python programs, you’ll type the instructions into the file editor.

The first part of this book covers basic Python programming concepts, and the second part covers various tasks you can have your computer automate. Each chapter in the second part has project …

Chapter 1 - Python Basics Chapter 2 - if-else and Flow Control Chapter 3 - Loops Chapter 4 - Functions Chapter 5 - Debugging Chapter 6 - Lists Chapter 7 - Dictionaries and Structuring Data Chapter 8 - …

This chapter has a few examples that encourage you to type into the interactive shell, which lets you execute Python instructions one at a time and shows you the results instantly. Using the interactive …

Most of this book’s examples (and Python’s documentation) use generic variable names like spam, eggs, and bacon, which come from the Monty Python “Spam” sketch.

You’ll find a complete introduction to SQLite and relational databases with Python’s sqlite3 module. You’ll explore how to compile Python scripts into executable programs on Windows, macOS, and …

Python will first send a virtual mouse click to the coordinates (100, 200), which should click the file editor window and put it in focus. The write () call will send the text Hello, world! to the window, making it …