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This book and its companion udemy course are excellent. Al writes in a way that is easy to understand, but does not skimp on material. This book is very informative and useful for a beginner like myself.
Content is pretty good, but needs another editing pass for brevity. The book perfectly complements the videos, but adds in tons of extra material and information.
The author does a great job explaining concepts of this coding language in a way people that have never coded before would be able to grasp. Supporting materials are exactly where the book says they are - page number referenced, appendix for longer ex... Read More
If you ask for a beginner python book recommendation on reddit, quora, etc, this is always the top recommendation. This book is great for programming beginners that also don't mind learning about automating computer tasks. I credit this book with my p... Read More
I hope to consume as much material as i can that is in the same vein as automate the boring stuff. Grab these documents and place them in the new folders and email these people.
Cons
With such a finite capacity for skill development books like this can really be counterproductive. It's filled with missing pages. What is the password?
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I havent made my way yet to the second half of the book where the automation starts but if the first half is any indication of ... Read More
I’m new to programming and new to python i got this book because of the examples and the author is very good with the code explanations
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I bought this book with the hopes that it would allow me to automate certain aspects of my workload
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I like how this books gives you examples of how you could implement in the real world
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There is no reason people should waste anymore time manually manipulating excel sheets when you can write a relatively simple script to do it for you
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I took python in college but i was the absolute worst student in my class
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But when i started working there were a lot of boring repeatable tasks i wanted to automate
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Don’t feel discouraged if you can’t solve every assignmentat the end of each chapter or if you can’t figure out every practice project on your own
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I bought this book with the hopes that it would allow me to automate certain aspects of my workload
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If you do anything at work that sounds like this then you have boring stuff you can automate “…go to this website enter these credentials and download these files
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If youre like me youve tried to learn programming a few times over the years but ultimately quit after the first few sessions or so
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If youre like me youve seen this book recommended on literally every learn to code thread on reddit
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