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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python (3rd Edition)

Chapter-by-chapter summaries of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition by Al Sweigart, with each concept shown in both Python and JavaScript.

How to use​

Each chapter has two pages:

  • Python - The original Python concepts with concise examples
  • JavaScript - The same concepts translated to JavaScript equivalents

Chapters​

#Topic
01Python Basics
02if-else and Flow Control
03Loops
04Functions
05Debugging
06Lists
07Dictionaries & Structuring Data
08Strings and Text Editing
09Regex (Pattern Matching)
10Reading & Writing Files
11Organizing Files
12Designing and Deploying Command Line Programs
13Web Scraping
14Excel Spreadsheets
15Google Sheets
16SQLite Databases
17PDF and Word Documents
18CSV, JSON, and XML Files
19Keeping Time, Scheduling Tasks, and Launching Programs
20Sending Emails, Texts, and Push Notifications
21Making Graphs and Manipulating Images
22Recognizing Text in Images
23Controlling the Keyboard and Mouse
24Text-to-Speech and Speech Recognition