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 …

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.

GUI automation scripts are a great way to automate the boring stuff, but your scripts can also be finicky. If a window is in the wrong place on a desktop or some pop-up appears unexpectedly, your script …

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 …

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 – …

This tutorial explains how to create a GUI automation program in Python that plays a Flash game called Sushi Go Round. The game involves clicking the correct ingredient buttons to fill customers’ sushi …

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 - …

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.

Python’s two kinds of loops, while and for, open up the full power of automation, because they can run lines of code millions of times per second. You’ll also learn how to import code libraries, called …