Python Automation Cookbook: Explore the world of automation using Python recipes that will enhance your skills

by Jaime Buelta

Step-by-step instructions which take you through each program to automate monotonous tasks with Python 3.7 Have you been doing the same old monotonous office work over and over again? Or have you been trying to find an easy way to make your life better by automating some of your repetitive tasks? Through a tried and tested approach, understand how to automate all the boring stuff using Python. The Python Automation Cookbook helps you develop a clear understanding of how to automate your business processes using Python, including detecting opportunities by scraping the web, analyzing information to generate automatic spreadsheets reports with graphs, and communicating with automatically generated emails. You'll learn how to get notifications via text messages and run tasks while your mind is focused on other important activities, followed by understanding how to scan documents such as resumes. Once you've gotten familiar with the fundamentals, you'll be introduced to the world of graphs, along with studying how to produce organized charts using Matplotlib. In addition to this, you'll gain in-depth knowledge of how to generate rich graphics showing relevant information. By the end of this book, you'll have refined your skills by attaining a sound understanding of how to identify and correct problems to produce superior and reliable systems. The Python Automation Cookbook is for you if you are a developer or anyone who wants to automate monotonous manual tasks related to fields such as finance, sales, and HR, among others.

398 pages, Paperback

Published September 27, 2018

Reviews

[Arthur · Rating 5 out of 5]

I looked into several other similar books as Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, but picked Python Automation Cookbook for being a sequel (2nd ed.) and seemingly more comprehensive.
Turned out, it is a very useful book for anybody, even if there is nothing to automate (you may think otherwise after you finished reading it), but seriously, if not automation, the book will strengthen you as a Python developer, or at least your outlook, because there is a lot of ground covered you would not come across doing at work.
Myself, I learned a lot from this book and it was not boring as every new section is unlike any other. I especially liked the chapters on working with data, charting graphs and ML for automation.

[Filip Cvetko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I left out about 1/3 of the book, but all in all, rather good.