Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Programming

About Course

Unlock the power of automation with this comprehensive Python programming course, designed for beginners and based on the bestselling book “Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.” This course is completely free!

Learn Python from scratch and discover how to write code that automates tedious tasks, freeing up your time for more important things. This course focuses on practical skills, covering:

Web scraping: Extract data from websites
PDF and Excel automation: Process documents and spreadsheets efficiently
Keyboard and mouse automation: Control your computer with code
Email and text automation: Send messages automatically
And much more!

This course is a fantastic way to learn Python and gain valuable skills that can boost your productivity and impress potential employers. It’s available for free on platforms like Udemy, Coursera, Udacity, MasterClass, and NearPeer.

Automate tasks on their computer by writing simple Python programs.
Write programs that can do text pattern recognition with "regular expressions".
Programmatically generate and update Excel spreadsheets.
Parse PDFs and Word documents.
Crawl web sites and pull information from online sources.
Write programs that send out email notifications.
Use Python's debugging tools to quickly figure out bugs in your code.
Programmatically control the mouse and keyboard to click and type for you.

Course Content

01 – Python Basics

A Message from the Professor
001 Get Python Installed.mp4

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002 Basic Terminology and Using IDLE.mp4

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003 udemy-automate-boring-python-lesson-3.mp4

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02 – Flow Control

03 – Functions

04 – Handling Errors with tryexcept

05 – Writing a Complete Program Guess the Number

06 – Lists

07 – Dictionaries

08 – More About Strings

09 – Running Programs from the Command Line

10 – Regular Expressions

11 – Files

12 – Debugging

13 – Web Scraping

14 – Excel, Word, and PDF Documents

15 – Email

16 – GUI Automation

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Course Content

01 – Python Basics

A Message from the Professor

001 Get Python Installed.mp4

002 Basic Terminology and Using IDLE.mp4

003 udemy-automate-boring-python-lesson-3.mp4

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02 – Flow Control

001 Flow Charts and Basic Flow Control Concepts.mp4

002 If, Else, and Elif Statements.mp4

003 udemy-automate-boring-python-lesson-6.mp4

004 For Loops.mp4

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03 – Functions

001 Python’s Built-In Functions.mp4

002 udemy-automate-boring-python-lesson-9.mp4

003 Global and Local Scopes.mp4

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04 – Handling Errors with tryexcept

001 Try and Except Statements.mp4

05 – Writing a Complete Program Guess the Number

001 udemy-automate-boring-python-lesson-12.mp4

06 – Lists

001 The List Data Type.mp4

002 For Loops with Lists, Multiple Assignment, and Augmented Operators.mp4

003 List Methods.mp4

004 Similarities Between Lists and Strings.mp4

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07 – Dictionaries

001 The Dictionary Data Type.mp4

002 Data Structures.mp4

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08 – More About Strings

001 Advanced String Syntax.mp4

002 String Methods.mp4

003 String Formatting.mp4

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09 – Running Programs from the Command Line

001 Launching Python Programs from Outside IDLE.mp4

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10 – Regular Expressions

001 Regular Expression Basics.mp4

002 Regex Groups and the Pipe Character.mp4

003 Repetition in Regex Patterns and GreedyNongreedy Matching.mp4

004 Regex Character Classes and the findall() Method.mp4

005 Regex Dot-Star and the CaretDollar Characters.mp4

006 Regex sub() Method and Verbose Mode.mp4

007 Regex Example Program A Phone and Email Scraper.mp4

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11 – Files

001 Filenames and AbsoluteRelative File Paths.mp4

002 Reading and Writing Plaintext Files.mp4

003 Copying and Moving Files and Folders.mp4

004 Deleting Files.mp4

005 udemy-automate-boring-python-lesson-34.mp4

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12 – Debugging

001 The raise and assert Statements.mp4

002 Logging.mp4

003 udemy-automate-boring-python-lesson-37.mp4

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13 – Web Scraping

001 The webbrowser Module.mp4

002 Downloading from the Web with the Requests Module.mp4

003 Parsing HTML with the Beautiful Soup Module.mp4

004 Controlling the Browser with the Selenium Module.mp4

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14 – Excel, Word, and PDF Documents

001 Reading Excel Spreadsheets.mp4

002 Editing Excel Spreadsheets.mp4

003 Reading and Editing PDFs.mp4

004 Reading and Editing Word Documents.mp4

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15 – Email

001 Sending Emails.mp4

002 Checking Your Email Inbox.mp4

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16 – GUI Automation