Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition

The bestselling introduction to practical Python programming for total beginners is now in its 3rd edition, revised to include the latest Python features, even better explanations, and new chapters about databases and sound files.

If you've ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you? In this fully revised edition of the best-selling classic Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, you'll learn how to use Python to write programs that do in minutes what would take you hours to do by hand--no prior programming experience required. You'll learn the basics of coding in Python and explore the language's's rich library of modules for performing specific tasks, like scraping data from websites, searching for text across multiple files, and merging, watermarking, or encrypting PDFs.

The third edition includes:

• Expanded coverage of developer techniques, like creating command line programs
  
• Updated examples and new projects
  
• Additional chapters about working with SQLite databases, speech-recognition technology, video and audio editing, and text-to-speech capabilities
  
• Simplified explanations (based on reader feedback) of beginner programming concepts, like loops and conditionals
  

Even if you've never written a line of code, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition will teach you how to make your computer take on tedious tasks and do all your grunt work--the way it should be!

這本暢銷書的第三版是一本實用的Python程式設計入門書，專為完全初學者而設計。這本書已經修訂，包括最新的Python功能、更好的解釋，以及關於資料庫和音訊檔案的新章節。

如果你曾花費數小時重新命名檔案或更新數百個試算表儲存格，你就知道這些任務有多乏味。但如果你能讓電腦替你完成這些任務呢？在這本全面修訂的暢銷經典作品《用Python自動化無聊的事情》第三版中，你將學習如何使用Python編寫程式，在幾分鐘內完成手動需要數小時才能完成的任務，而不需要任何編程經驗。你將學習Python編程的基礎知識，並探索這個語言豐富的模組庫，用於執行特定任務，例如從網站上爬取數據、在多個檔案中搜索文本，以及合併、加浮水印或加密PDF檔案。

第三版包括：
- 擴展開發者技巧的內容，例如創建命令行程式
- 更新的範例和新專案
- 關於使用SQLite資料庫、語音識別技術、視訊和音訊編輯以及文字轉語音功能的額外章節
- 簡化的解釋（根據讀者反饋）初學者編程概念，例如迴圈和條件語句

即使你從未寫過一行程式，第三版的《用Python自動化無聊的事情》將教你如何讓電腦處理乏味的任務，並完成所有繁重的工作-這才是應該的方式！

Al Sweigart is a professional software developer who teaches programming to kids and adults. Sweigart has written several bestselling programming books for beginners, including Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, Cracking Codes with Python, and Coding with Minecraft, as well as for intermediate-level programmers, like Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python and The Recursive Book of Recursion (all from No Starch Press).

Al Sweigart是一位專業的軟體開發者，他教授程式設計給孩子和成人。Sweigart已經為初學者寫了幾本暢銷的程式設計書籍，包括使用Python創造自己的電腦遊戲、使用Python破解密碼和使用Minecraft編程，還有一些針對中級程式設計師的書籍，例如超越Python基礎和遞迴書籍（全部由No Starch Press出版）。