AlSweigart

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6 Kinds of Tasks That Programming Can Automate(opensource.com)
2 points by AlSweigart 11y ago|0 comments
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First 3 online video tutorials for “Automate the Boring Stuff with Python”(youtube.com)
2 points by AlSweigart 11y ago|0 comments
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Free Python Book for Office Workers: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python(automatetheboringstuff.com)
3 points by AlSweigart 11y ago|2 comments
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
Hi, author here. My email is al@inventwithpython.com and Twitter is @AlSweigart. Please do send me feedback/questions. I'm currently working on the HTML version of the book to be posted online, which will be at http://a
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
:)
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
Author here. I guess so, but there are plenty of software companies with products to "increase office productivity". But at the same time, there are a lot of times where you need a very specific, one-off, 30 line script to do some
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
You can order it now from the No Starch Press site, using code PYBUTLER for a 30% discount: http://www.nostarch.com/automatestuff You'll get the full PDF/epub/mobi version immediately, and the print book will
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
Author here. The 30% discount code is PYBUTLER, which you use on the No Starch Press site: http://nostarch.com/automatestuff
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
Author here. I'm hoping the back cover material will work, and the opening story in the first chapter is catchy enough: “You’ve just done in two hours what it takes the three of us two days to do.” My college roommate was working at a
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
You... probably aren't the book's intended audience. :) But seriously, Python makes easy things easy. In bash, just to extract a substring you need to do something like echo someletters_12345_moreleters.ext | cut -d'_' -
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
Author here. Yes, I can confirm that if you order the ebook now you will get the full ebook. The physical books have also been printed, so they'll probably get shipped before the 25th (don't quote me on that).
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
Yeah, I've always been of the mindset that until your programs get over 1000 lines of code, you probably don't need OOP. Thanks for the pip3 tip, I'll post it on the website as I get content up.
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by AlSweigart 11y ago
Hi, author here. The HTML version of the full book content will be up in a few days. (I'm formatting it right now.) Meanwhile, you can use PYBUTLER for a 30% discount on the book/ebook, and I'm offering a 70% discount on my o
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by AlSweigart 12y ago
Hi, I'm the author of the post. (My friend pointed out that someone posted a link on HN to my Sushi Go Round bot tutorial.) I have a link to the post you're talking about in the first paragraph of my post (the same that you link t
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Programming a Bot to Play the “Sushi Go Round” Flash Game(inventwithpython.com)
2 points by AlSweigart 12y ago|0 comments
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Making a Text Adventure Game with the Cmd and Textwrap Python Modules(inventwithpython.com)
8 points by AlSweigart 12y ago|0 comments
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by AlSweigart 12y ago
I'll add it to the page. Thanks!
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Free Python Books(inventwithpython.com)
123 points by AlSweigart 12y ago|19 comments
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Why Is Object-Oriented Programming Useful? With a Role-Playing Game Example(inventwithpython.com)
75 points by AlSweigart 12y ago|85 comments
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by AlSweigart 12y ago
The cluelessness that... balls187... is exhibiting is the reason why so many men do unprofessional, uncomfortable, and offensive things and then say, "What? That's not offensive. That wasn't sexual harassment." It seems
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by AlSweigart 12y ago
Obvious day-old troll account is obvious.
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by AlSweigart 12y ago
In short, that's easy for you to say. You aren't the one risking anything. I'd also like to think that if the article wasn't anonymous there would be action. I've personally seen enough instances where nothing is do
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by AlSweigart 12y ago
But one of the especially insidious things about sexism in tech is that it is often followed up with "it's just a joke" or "you're being overly sensitive". For a _lot_ of men in tech, it's just seen as boy
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by AlSweigart 12y ago
Thank you for moderating!
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Multithreaded Python Tutorial with the “Threadworms” Demo(inventwithpython.com)
3 points by AlSweigart 13y ago|0 comments
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by AlSweigart 13y ago
Hi, I'm the author of the book. While the ebook is free to download under a Creative Commons license, there are hard copies for sale on Amazon. 100% of proceeds go to the EFF, Creative Commons, and Tor Project.
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New book "Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python" released. Free to download.(inventwithpython.com)
6 points by AlSweigart 13y ago|2 comments
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by AlSweigart 14y ago
Are you comfortable telling us why you were fired while Alex Reid was not? What were the circumstances? (The post on the PlayHaven blog mentions this, but does not go into any detail.)
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by AlSweigart 14y ago
It's her fault that her website was hacked?
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by AlSweigart 14y ago
Hi, I'm the author of the blog post. I have to ask, wouldn't it have just been a lot easier to start from scratch with Shoes, but also start over with Hackety Hack? I'm not familiar with the implementation of Shoes, but couldn't you write a

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