Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

By Al Sweigart. Free to read under a Creative Commons license.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 0 – 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 – Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
• Chapter 8 – Input Validation
• Chapter 9 – Reading and Writing Files
• Chapter 10 – Organizing Files
• Chapter 11 – Debugging
• Chapter 12 – Web Scraping
• Chapter 13 – Working with Excel Spreadsheets
• Chapter 14 – Working with Google Spreadsheets
• Chapter 15 – Working with PDF and Word Documents
• Chapter 16 – Working with CSV Files and JSON Data
• Chapter 17 – Keeping Time, Scheduling Tasks, and Launching Programs
• Chapter 18 – Sending Email and Text Messages
• Chapter 19 – Manipulating Images
• Chapter 20 – Controlling the Keyboard and Mouse with GUI Automation
• Appendix A – Installing Third-Party Modules
• Appendix B – Running Programs
• Appendix C – Answers to the Practice Questions