Automate Everything With Python

Automate Everything with Python

Automate Everything with Python: Practical Workflows for Professionals In today's fast-paced world, manual tasks and repetitive processes can slow down productivity and efficiency. Automate Everything with Python empowers professionals to harness the power of Python programming and revolutionize their workflows. Designed for real-world applications, this book skips theoretical exercises and focuses on practical, actionable solutions tailored for business environments. Readers will learn to automate critical processes such as executing SQL queries, creating and formatting Excel reports, generating personalized workflows, and sending reports via email. The book also covers advanced automation techniques, including data integration with SQL, triggering Excel macros, and scheduling tasks for hands-free operation. With clear step-by-step instructions, this guide walks users through setting up environments, managing data, and implementing robust automation solutions. Key topics include: * Extracting and processing data from diverse sources like CSV, Excel, and Outlook. * Automating data uploads and downloads with SQL Server. * Distributing custom reports via email with personalized attachments. * Backing up Python scripts and critical files. * Scheduling tasks for seamless, unattended workflows. Whether you're a data analyst, finance professional, or business leader, this book provides a comprehensive guide to leveraging Python for maximum efficiency. Each chapter stands alone, allowing readers to dive into specific topics as needed while building skills incrementally. With real-life examples and a focus on simplicity, Automate Everything with Python transforms complex concepts into easy-to-follow instructions. By the end of this book, readers will be equipped to save time, reduce errors, and achieve significant results-like turning an eight-hour process into a 58-second task or reducing a three-month project to just 15 minutes. This essential resource is tailored for Windows users and professionals seeking practical, impactful automation solutions. Unlock the potential of Python and take control of your workflow today.

AUTOMATE EVERYTHING WITH PYTHON

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition

Learn how to code while you write programs that effortlessly perform useful feats of automation! The second edition of this international fan favorite includes a brand-new chapter on input validation, Gmail and Google Sheets automations, tips for updating CSV files, and more. If you've ever spent hours renaming files or updating spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you? Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition teaches even the technically uninclined how to write programs that do in minutes what would take hours to do by hand—no prior coding experience required! This new, fully revised edition of Al Sweigart’s bestselling Pythonic classic, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, covers all the basics of Python 3 while exploring its rich library of modules for performing specific tasks, like scraping data off the Web, filling out forms, renaming files, organizing folders, sending email responses, and merging, splitting, or encrypting PDFs. There’s also a brand-new chapter on input validation, tutorials on automating Gmail and Google Sheets, tips on automatically updating CSV files, and other recent feats of automations that improve your efficiency. Detailed, step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, allowing you to create useful tools as you build out your programming skills, and updated practice projects at the end of each chapter challenge you to improve those programs and use your newfound skills to automate similar tasks. Boring tasks no longer have to take to get through—and neither does learning Python!