By Al Sweigart. Over 500,000 copies sold. Free to read under a CC license. "The best part of programming is the triumph of seeing the machine do something useful. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python frames all of programming as these small triumphs; it makes the boring fun." - Hilary Mason, Data Scientist and Founder of Fast Forward Labs "I'm having a lot of fun breaking things and then putting
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