Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Learn practical Python the way office heroes do: expressions, flow control, data structures, regular expressions, and text-data automation, all in runnable bite-size playgrounds. Derived and adapted from Al Sweigart's book 'Automate the Boring Stuff with Python' (3rd edition), which is freely available online under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.
- Python
- 45 lessons
- ~9 hours
- Free
- by Al Sweigart
Learn Python for free on Libre Academy with the Automate the Boring Stuff with Python course: 45 interactive lessons you complete by writing real code in a built-in editor, graded instantly by hidden tests. No paywall, no sign-up — it runs in your browser and the free desktop app.
What you get
- Hands-on lessons with a real editor and instant, test-graded feedback.
- Free and open source — no account required to start.
- Runs in your browser, and offline in the free desktop app.
- Python runs in your browser.
What's inside
- Python Basics
- Flow Control: Decisions and Loops
- Functions
- Lists
- Dictionaries and Structuring Data
- Strings and Text Editing
- Text Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
- Reading and Writing Files (In Memory)
- Organizing Data: CSV and JSON
- Debugging
- Capstone: Three Classic Projects
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