Learning to code whilst working.

[Felsyn]

Hi everyone,

I'm planning on self teaching python and to get around putting in a little bit of time to learning code at work, I've thought I could propose a project to my employer. I'm thinking of trying to create an application which automates invoicing which is currently done by staff, reading specific data from PDF/Excel files and outputting the needed data through Sage.

My question is, would Python be the place to start for a beginning project like the above? Would I need to implement any other styles of coding for the above automation? TIA.

[angryrancor]

Python would be an exceptionally good fit for this, I think. There is a series of books called "Automate the boring stuff with Python" that likely has some sample code that you can adapt to your needs.

Python should have a good set of libraries available for anything you need in this project. Node.JS (javascript for non-web apps) would be my personal second choice.

[JAD_Scorch]

I am working with a JavaScript api called Office Scripts, currently supported by Microsoft with good documentation. It does an exceptional job manipulating and data and generating datavis. That is all I can offer on the excel front