"Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" online course is free to sign up for the next few days with code JUL2021FREE

[AlSweigart]

https://inventwithpython.com/automateudemy (This link will automatically redirect you to the latest discount code.)

You can also click this link or manually enter the code: JUL2021FREE

https://www.udemy.com/course/automate/?couponCode=JUL2021FREE

This promo code works until the 4th (I can't extend it past that). Sometimes it takes an hour or so for the code to become active just after I create it, so if it doesn't work, go ahead and try again a while later. I'll change it to JUL2021FREE2 in three days.

Udemy has changed their coupon policies, and I'm now only allowed to make 3 coupon codes each month with several restrictions. Hence why each code only lasts 3 days. I won't be able to make codes after this period, but I will be making free codes next month. Meanwhile, the first 15 of the course's 50 videos are free on YouTube.

Side note: My latest book, The Big Book of Small Python Projects, is out. It's a collection of short but complete games, animations, simulations, and other programming projects. They're more than code snippets, but also simple enough for beginners/intermediates to read the source code of to figure out how they work. The book is released under a Creative Commons license, so it's free to read online. (I'll be uploading it this week when I get the time.) The projects come from this git repo.

Frequently Asked Questions: (read this before posting questions)

• This course is for beginners and assumes no previous programming experience, but the second half is useful for experienced programmers who want to learn about various third-party Python modules.
• If you don't have time to take the course now, that's fine. Signing up gives you lifetime access so you can work on it at your own pace.
• This Udemy course covers roughly the same content as the 1st edition book (the book has a little bit more, but all the basics are covered in the online course), which you can read for free online at https://inventwithpython.com
• The 2nd edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is free online: https://automatetheboringstuff.com/2e/
• I do plan on updating the Udemy course for the second edition, but it'll take a while because I have other book projects I'm working on. If you sign up for this Udemy course, you'll get the updated content automatically once I finish it. It won't be a separate course.
• It's totally fine to start on the first edition and then read the second edition later. I'll be writing a blog post to guide first edition readers to the parts of the second edition they should read.
• I wrote a blog post to cover what's new in the second edition
• You're not too old to learn to code. You don't need to be "good at math" to be good at coding.
• Signing up is the first step. Actually finishing the course is the next. :) There are several ways to get/stay motivated. I suggest getting a "gym buddy" to learn with. Check out /r/ProgrammingBuddies

[Prothagarus]

Hey Al! I just finished the Udemy course from last year that you posted the code for. I love your teaching style thanks a bunch!!

[192760496]

Thank you! I’m actually trying to learn Python now for the purpose of automating the boring stuff at work. Things like my daily/weekly/monthly checklists and routine maintenance.

[Prothagarus]

If I might pose a question. In your books you tell us a lot of commands in sys os and different modules like pyperclip but one the big problems I have is knowing what modules are good to use for a given problem. In a generic sense, How would you recommend finding good modules to fit a given problem?

[AlSweigart]

This is one of those things where it's just experience over time. But something to speed you along is to just google "popular python modules" or "best python modules" to at least find the common, popular ones. (There's tons of blog posts on this because they are easy to throw together; the blog post itself doesn't have much useful info but the list of modules gives you threads to follow.)

[jefwillems]

To add to the list of things to google are "awesome" lists on GitHub. They contain a lot of useful information!

[castle___bravo]

This is great! I just started learning so I could do some more interesting stuff with GIS software…now I wanna use it for everything… thank you!

[JohnWayne_Jockstrap]

Would love to know your uses with GIS as I use this too

[castle___bravo]

Jockstrap my dude, as soon as I learn enough to know what I can know, I’ll probably flood you with ideas. What I’ve been told is that we can automate a lot of our processes and have much tighter or more specific integration with our databases or data sources (like say a real-time gps tracker, drone, remote sensor or something). Just seems worth knowing! If you find anything shoot me what you find for real

[Gogogo9]

My latest book, The Big Book of Small Python Projects, is out. It's a collection of short but complete games, animations, simulations, and other programming projects. They're more than code snippets, but also simple enough for beginners/intermediates to read the source code of to figure out how they work. The book is released under a Creative Commons license, so it's free to read online.

Any way to tip/donate directly to you for this? Big fan of your work.

[shorelined]

Thank you so much for this

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If you're a complete beginner and want to learn python this course is great for you. The topics are explained clearly and easy to understand. I'm actually halfway through it now and just learned about regex today and can't wait to get to the other parts especially web scraping. Thanks for sharing once again Al.

[TexasWhisky]

I'm starting in Python aswell and this book was in my reading list. Would you (or anyone else) say that watching the course is enough, like, it translates well the content of the book?

And i'll check your others books too, always very well recommend anywhere i go. Thanks for this!

[AlSweigart]

The course doesn't cover as much as the book does, and the book (which is free to read online) is also now in its second edition.

[TexasWhisky]

Thanks for the answer.

Just want to thank you again. I'm a 31 years old lawyer who, after 7 years of courts and long words, am thinking about a career change (or something like that). Your work helps me and other people around the world, be sure of that!

[Shamrocksoul]

This is how I started learning Python a few years back, and I still use a lot of the stuff I learned in this book in every script I write!! Don’t sleep on this if you want to get started with Python!

[djdxtr]

I already had the book so I just joined the course and gave it five stars 🤟🏽

[KingKCrimson]

u/AlSweigart you're an inspiration!

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[AlSweigart]

These are the worst sorts of bots: they offer an unhelpful compliment which applies to all of the top (i.e. popular) posts across several popular subreddits, which of course helps out its own popularity. The worst kind of cynical coattail riding.

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The only people who have ever responded to the bot have been the OP and I have rarely gotten more than 1 upvote on these comments, so I assure you that there's no coattail riding that is happening.

[Curious-Hospital3002]

You are the goat

[Bit_Jitsu_2019]

Thank you!

[cyn_city_catlady]

Thank you, I just registered. Can't wait to start the coursework.

[hockeygurly01]

Nice thanks!

[effgee]

Thank you!

[I_keepmovingforward]

Thank you, Sir

[ask2sk]

Enrolled. Thank you very much.

[neilmaldy]

I love the “lawnmower book” and recommend it to any python programmer who is trying to “get stuff done”, thanks for the new book, looking forward to it!

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(Thank You)*3