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@AlSweigart
Author of "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" and other programming books. This account is just promo stuff now, follow me on Mastodon. he/him
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    Aug 28, 2024
    I, uh, I'm not sure what to make of this 1-star review of my book, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.
    "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python?" by "Al Sweigart" sounds like a book in which you will learn to "automate" something?" You do not! ”Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" leaves me floundering with "incomplete" examples of code! Please, provide complete examples. Do not leave it to me to complete your partial examples. I am trying to LEARN the language now, not wander on the path of the unknown. I am new to Monty Python's Language! Guido van Rossum didn't create anything. He "developed" something! What he developed is incomplete, confusing and not well thought out! The language is dependent on "Indentation!" This is a poor choice! Comments are limited to “#” and do not encompass multiple lines of code like the "C" language family’s comment structure of (/* . . . */!) This is another of "Al Sweigart's" disappointing books! Python requires a paradigm shift that I am trying to make after 30 years of IBM Mainframe 360 familiy to today’s “System Z” of coding IBM Assembler, PL/1, REX
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    Oct 5, 2023
    If you want to learn to program in Python, my online course is free with this link: udemy.com/course/automat… This follows my book, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, which is also free online. Preorder the 3rd edition for 25% off! nostarch.com/automate-borin…
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    Sep 5, 2024
    I'm really excited about the new content in the third edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: SQLite databases, OCR, speech recognition, and streamlined original chapters. Barnes and Nobles is offering 25% off preorders with code PREORDER25:
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    Sep 7, 2023
    I have 2,000 free sign ups for my online beginner's programming course, "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python." You can sign up here: udemy.com/course/automat… The book it uses is free online: automatetheboringstuff.com Or buy online: nostarch.com/automatestuff2
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    Dec 3, 2023
    If you want to learn to code, I've released 2,000 free sign ups for my course following my Automate the Boring Stuff with Python book: udemy.com/course/automat…
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    May 18, 2024
    The #PyConUS keynote today by @simonw is one of the most impressive and important talks I've ever seen. (Up there with K Lars Lohn's 2016 keynote). I absolutely had to post this photo:
    Quote "you shouldn't need a computer science degree to automate tasks with a computer"
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    Aug 28, 2024
    Replying to @willmcgugan
    I tried to recreate something like this in ChatGPT and it kept coming out too coherent.
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    Jul 6, 2024
    My dad was an electrician in the IBEW union. That job paid for my college education. I got a computer science degree with no debt. I was able to write Automate the Boring Stuff with Python in my spare time. I remember where I came from and whose shoulders I stood on.
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    Oct 31, 2024
    My Halloween costume: Recursive fractAL. (btw you can get my book on recursion at nostarch.com/recursive-book… )
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    May 9, 2023
    Tell me it's okay for my open source projects to drop Python 2 support.
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    Jul 6, 2024
    If you've been meaning to get into programming, my online video course on Python is now free to sign up until July 10th (you get lifetime access). It follows most (though not all) of the content in my book, Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. udemy.com/course/automat…
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    @AlSweigart
    Jul 4, 2024
    I'm looking to hire someone to redesign the automatetheboringstuff.com site. I want a lightweight site that uses static files, has a clean look like Wikipedia, without React or animated nonsense. Boring is good. Any recommendations? Any advice on how to hire a web designer?
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    Oct 2, 2024
    Another big editing round is finished for the third edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. I'm getting really excited! The book is currently scheduled for a May 30th release. 😀 🐍 You can preorder here for 25% off:
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    Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition
    Your computer can do that for you. Al Sweigart shows you how, updated for the latest Python.
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    Nov 20, 2023
    You can can get 25% off the 3rd edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python with code PREORDER direct from the publisher:
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    Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition
    Your computer can do that for you. Al Sweigart shows you how, updated for the latest Python.
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