Lesson 1 - Python Programming (Automate the Boring Stuff with Python)

[@Ronnie7X]

3:53 That has to be the single most comforting thing I've heard watching an online course about programming.

[@jacquelineoverton8223]

that is so incredibly validating

[@suvendroseal1724]

OMG, this course is exactly for me and I am finding this 8 years after this is uploaded, I just want to learn coding to automate stuff without trying to learn every technical thing in it.

[@flitai]

Trust me when I say if you want to make millions when you're 50-60 learn all the little technicals. I know you aren't there yet but it doesn't hurt to have the drive.

[@mdrahiraihanturja8044]

And he didn't even editted his video only used tabs. That is creative.

[@theycallmeken]

It is

[@georgeb7641]

It is edited ...

[@GB-dj9wb]

I just started watching this, and I wanted to say a couple things. First of all, I appreciate your intro. I think intros stating the intended outcome of the video are incredibly useful, and it allowed me to quickly decide if this was the video I needed. Second, I decided this is the video I needed! I had exactly the problem you described: I REALLY want to learn to code, but every time I start a python course or something, its all "print this to the window" and "lets make a simple calculator" and not the kind of useful programs that I will actually want to code to add value to my life. These are the kind of programs I need to learn to keep me engaged and to motivate me to keep coding. As I start your series and read your book, I hope you live up to this promise, but thank you in advance for being the exact thing I needed and communicating it clearly from the get go.

[@Guillermo.hernandez]

Was it helpful?

[@stro3277]

i coded an Ai chatbot in Python to talk to because I have no friends.... is that too much?

[@chris243]

​@@stro3277 I think it's totally fine 😄

[@vonde8721]

Can you help with this question please? Lenny's estate is to bequeathed as follows: 3/5 to Jenny.2/3 of what remains to Benny.The rest is to be split equally to Kenny and Penny. Write a program that begins by prompting the user to enter the value of Lenny's estate. Then compute and display how much each heir receives. Display all amounts in currency format with the $ sign right up against the first digit and two decimal places. Also, display commas as appropriate for amounts over $1,000. Example Output Enter the value of the estate 240000 Jenny gets $144,000.00 Benny gets $64,000.00 Kenny and Penny each get $16,000.00

[@boojaado]

Thank you!!!!!! I bought "Automate the Boring", this is a great companion series. Thank you!!!

[@paulcervenka]

I love how you use your browser as a manual power point presentation lol

[@tagaug]

Thank you for making these amazing lessons! I just watched all 15 lessons in two days. Though I have done a couple of programming courses previously, I've never learnt this much in such a short amount of time. I've just successfully written my own Python programs. Thanks again! Now, on to Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python!

[@tagaug]

@terry anderson I learnt to do things in Python that I knew how to do in other languages, languages with less flexibility and possibilities than Python. Anyways, if you're a beginner: Learn basic concepts so well that if someone asks you to teach them the basics, you could explain it to them. If you're more advanced: Try to imagine problems that can be solved using programming, and try to write programs that solve those problems. Those are my favourite ways of learning.

[@setmongkol5248]

is it still good for now? any different sytax?

[@antalperge1007]

Finally I've found THE LEGEND! ❤ As a beginner, I'm so grateful.

[@jericoopong-russell2344]

udemy wont let me access my accounts no matter what, so I had given up, thank you for releasing this content.

[@tomduke558]

How gratitude it is that you put the ebook online, for free

[@MrSpotmefly]

Blank Edito, the topic of coding, programming, "Python"/"C++"/"JavaScript" are all new to me. In fact to put simply, I do feel like I am in Kindergarten and all of this is Class 1, Lesson 1 of the new mandatory basic skills of the modern age i.e. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Programming. Thank you for this video. Let the learning begin. =)

[@wbelsom]

I bought your book, but learn better with a video and I am a visual learner. Thanks, Al.

[@jackfrasiercomedy5942]

This is probably the best Python, nay, the best CODING book I have. I'm going through all these vids, then all of al's books as I begin to become the UberProgrammer!

[@glennisholcomb592]

I bought this book the other day. Can’t wait to start using it.

[@IcanCwhatUsay]

Bought two copies of this book! It's already paid for itself in my first script! Thank you! With that I bought two others! Thank you for being AWESOME!

[@bravosierra2447]

I just want to thank you for putting this great resource online for us.

[@FindTheSeven]

I just purchased your book today and I can't wait to get started. :-D Python is my first programming language so I know I made a good choice in my book selection. Thank you!

[@aryaa_ki_duniya]

Christopher how is the book?

[@adityaverma8082]

Is it good and enough to learn

[@intuit13]

best TOTAL BEGINNER book for python is "The Self Taught Programmer", imo. Half the size, covers the basics, a little bit of OOP, and even has a separate section for Version Control (Github etc), Regular Expressions, Data Structures, Algorithms (so a little CS "tease"), as well as a "tease" for how to get a job (interviews, how professional developers work, etc). and it's $15... It's not perfect, but it's a wonderful book for newbies. No problem with reading both TSTP and Al's book concurrently, or one after the other. I own and have looked at so many "starter/beginner" and even intermediate Python books, and all the good ones (even though they may overlap 50-75%) have some valuable stuff in them. Just FYI, the ones I actually own are *Python Crash Course* , *The Self Taught Programmer* , *Coding for Beginners - In Easy Steps* (which is also fantastic but very concise - just like all of the "In Easy Steps" books, which are all fantastic) , *Automate the Boring Stuff* , *Python for Everybody* (another book that's free online and has free video "lectures" to go along with it - and it's only 10 bucks), *Introducing Python* , and *Python Without Fear* (the newest of the bunch, 2018, by a great author). I also have *Head First Learn to Code* (also from 2018), and if you are one of the folks who learn better with the Head First books, this is probably the best introductory programming book EVER (unfortunately they style is not for everyone). I also own 2 introductory Python books that are more "Computer Science-y" and textbook-like. They are the best of all, but take a lot more effort to get through and practice with than the others. These are *Python Programming Fundamentals* by Kent Lee and *Practical Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python* (3rd Edition - also 2018). Those last 2 are amazing if you want to really learn about the system and how programming works at a lower level while learning the ropes with the Python language. Kent Lee has a full playlist of free lectures on youtube that go along with his book, and there is a Coursera course by the authors of "Practical Programming" by the University of Toronto (where both of the authors teach) which you can audit for free or pay to get a grade and certificate (the work/assignments will really push a beginner and get you going very quickly as long as you are motivated).

[@intuit13]

that (giant post) said, lol, once you are done with ANY of those books and learned the basics (or even if you haven't and want a REALLY good challenge as a beginner) I would suggest a million times over that you check out Harvard's free online course "CS50", which is available on multiple platforms (cs50.net, edX, harvardX, cs50.io, etc.). Best introductory computer science/programming course in history.

[@KrazyFalcon]

@@intuit13 Hey man, have you read any new books on programming? I'm wondering if you could rec me any that you've found after this comment of yours that would suit well for an absolute beginner

[@victornaut]

Oh shit... you wrote of the best pygame book ever! :O

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

Thanks!

[@gudipatiramu5984]

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[@cd-stephen]

Al...best video series I have watched...it's hard for me to focus on things like programming but this was simple and to the point..I was so impressed ....I bought the book to support you

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

Thanks! :D

[@pratapslair]

I don't know how to thank you. This is very important. Thank you.

[@robo1540]

It's like a command block in real life!!! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!

[@dipikatamang2994]

I am the intern doing the boring stuff!

[@JKalit]

Boring stuff eh just drop it, no need to learn it. I think beggars can't learn it so just fuck off

[@davidmg1925]

thanks

[@angelluisgarciaguzman5598]

@@JKalit Don't you think you being too rash?

[@siddharthsen4475]

Haha

[@lightyagami5776]

k xa dipika. K hudai xa.

[@matrix26uk]

I'm old school (BASIC, COBOL, MC etc) what's the best way to get my head out of thinking in go sub routines?

[@speakerphoneayush]

You are doing a great job with these tutorials, man. I have just started, but it seems pretty good. Keep it up. Hoping you develop some more advanced courses. Thanks once again.

[@benjamincordes207]

Dude your actually a really good teacher!

[@joannawatters4599]

Hi Sweigart, is it possible, in your opinion, to build a reconciliation system ? I mean a python program who will be able to import data from different sources (i.e bank statements, etc) and then matching entries.

[@suhailxeaser]

Fav teacher 💪😎...always to the point. Real GENIUS

[@クリスチャン-g5j]

I'm 11 Yrs Old and I Play Alot of Games i was wondering how games were made so i learned programming i already know the basics of strings, functions, loops etc. One Day i will make my own games. Because of this

[@likbezlik]

Just keep at it kiddo. Try getting into good computer science schools when you're older, that will get you on track.

[@mfhero5295]

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[@lightyagami5776]

how's it going, buddy?

[@fokjohnpainkiller]

The first rule of game development is that you'll never make your own game. It's a team effort

[@Quarterpounderspatch]

You missed the chance to say lesson 0

[@flammmez]

Michael Pounders lmao

[@davidmg1925]

exactly click bait.

[@jsonkody]

do you know Julia lang? It indexes from 1 and since I started to using it there's no way back. Ok I still programming in based 0 languages but its fkng stupid .. nobody count's from zero and nobody should. Btw do you know the exact reason for 0 indexing? It's stupid .. it's totaly stupid today. Btw Dijkstra however briliant mind he is .. is wrong in this discussion :) Every language for mathematics indexes from 1 because 1 describes "first" in math. Zero means zero .. not 1 .. not first.

[@ChamkorSinghchumky]

Is his sound automated too>?

[@sandoval7]

Hey! I just clicked on your video for poops and Giggles, but was absolutely impressed on how intuitive and considerate you were in presenting the premise and process involved in understanding this. I was so impressed and happy to watch this. I really wish more videos were presented this way. Thank you!

[@mihailsrudiks4514]

chatGPT brought me here - this course is among top 5 free resources to learn python. Thank you!

[@mmsaki6064]

Us bro

[@I65Sports]

Is there a big difference between using python 3.5 and 3.7 for this course?

[@tazman5504]

Before I venture into python, will it help me in creating an inventory tracking software using barcode scanners?

[@reeglysonescabal3612]

My goal: 'To become a python guru in the next 6 months!'

[@FLYkargo]

+Reeglyson Escabal How's it been going so far?

[@reeglysonescabal3612]

I switched to java.

[@jeisonrivera1938]

+Reeglyson Escabal why

[@tratori9121]

+Reeglyson Escabal OMG YOU JUST MADE MY DAY :DDDDDDD

[@hanabolik]

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[@hrithikkumar7974]

Your book is best & easy to learn

[@rahimremu]

Hi Al, My current working environment is still using 2.X. Can I follow these lessons using python 2.7 ?

[@zoma8100]

How can I convert exe to py . Knowing that exe was a Python code and was converted

[@TheUnderMasked]

How many adblockers do you need?

[@weltvonalex]

Hey cool!! I bought your book but nice to see the stuff in a video

[@BLINC606]

Windowns Vista? Kinda curios why you chose to run that. Good info!

[@naderhastam]

starts at 2:53

[@TomGrubbe]

thanks

[@faizankhatri1089]

Thanks

[@theblacknight705]

Thanks 😂

[@avy0010]

Thanks

[@dharanidhar4875]

Hi,How can we copy excel charts to power point presentation

[@impermanenthuman8427]

Is this KZbin series still valid to follow with the latest 2019 book edition as the text book? Thanks

[@MrEstebanEscudero]

why is it that lesson videos from the 16th to the 21st and from the 23rd to the 30th are not available? how can I get to see those videos?

[@perryshos8439]

Firefox 45 and Selenium 2.53.1 will work with auto-install. Took me two days to figure it out! Windows 10 Python Firefox.

[@FLYTNC2000]

Can it be used to create smartphone app

[@forensicsman320]

What do you recommend to use for a good way to display output, like to create a nice looking form to put your x,y variables or a score or names and such?

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

+Eric Jordan You can try learning enough HTML, which itself is just text. Then you can have your program create .html files. Writing to files is covered in Chapter 8: automatetheboringstuff.com/chapter8/

[@LuisHenrique-wb8pv]

+Blank Edito Did the course has en subititles on Udemy?

[@Alex-kr7zr]

PyQt is what you are looking for

[@garylewis9528]

You're a legend, Al! Thank you!

[@equ1noxii599]

Wow, I didn't know there was an Al Sweigart youtube channel... and I thought the books were already pretty good

[@shobharoy2033]

Thanks a million times. I got this book, but it is much more helpful to learn from a video

[@Kaku1000_]

are you going to make an html css book?

[@truthseekeronlinev6]

Can i still study with this book?

[@saqibrehman8692]

hi .... can this be still applicable in 2019 ??? ..... need guidence ... any help would be highly appreciated

[@spyderspy]

My code won't work my bot comes online but every time I type a command in it doesn't respond. If someone sees this please help.

[@arriryan1]

Al thank you for your videos, I just bought your book from Barnes and Noble but I also want to buy your videos. I was wondering if it was for sale any where. I saw that you have a course on it. Please let me know what my options are. Again thank you for your teaching..

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

+arriryan1 You can use the discount code HALF_OFF for 50% off. Use this link: www.udemy.com/automate/?couponCode=HALF_OFF

[@jesuschrist1501]

+Al Sweigart Now make a python Aimbot tutorial, it's a new craze now.

[@Giblet12]

+Al Sweigart Not to bother you, but I am a scratcher. I am not new to scratch, but can you create a tutorial on how to create a platform game, with coins, score, and switching levels? Thanks a bunch!

[@liluna6731]

Already watched all your videos, i really enjoy your voice.

[@leolong5184]

Hey, I just downloaded python and I have this problem, I want to press enter to go to the next line but everytime it takes it as RUN the code, what do I do?

[@asdfasdfuhf]

Blank Editor how much do you pay for having you website with your blog on?

[@Ibarbozza]

Very good ! Thank Al Sweigart .

[@sora_is_my_dad420]

Ive read and re-read the same chapters and never even thought of coming to see if there were videos... bruh

[@theanimeart]

Sir plzz is der any shortcut to overcome indendatn errors in python 3.4 plzz reply

[@ankushm3t]

Nearly all text editors have option to set tab key equals 4 spaces. No matter how much programmers bitch about tab vs. space... in the end they all press the tab key.

[@parthv96]

Ankush Menat true that

[@lumaci7122]

What kind of key board

[@cyrushchaudhary5134]

how do i get to view the private video

[@Rahul-qb2gu]

Which is the code for this month sir for getting free course on udemy ?

[@nickjaeger8478]

I just wanna know why he's using Vista in 2015

[@zitrakzsingh7295]

Just like we are printing HELLO WORLD in 2019

[@theAi_journey]

i read your book ... it's awesome

[@carterdavis8440]

Hello, first of all thanks for making this video. But I was just wondering, if I was to use something like PyQt in my code and then move my code to another computer, to use it, will I have to have PyQt installed on that PC?

[@NatashasTemuFinds]

Clear and good insturctions and ur prepered! Nice video!

[@sidnayak4395]

Hello :) got another doubt, all the pip modules are getting easily installed in my personnel laptop, but in my company laptop it's shooting the error saying "Retrying(Retry(total=3, connect = none, read = none, redirect = none )) after connection broken by 'NewConnection Error(':Failed to establish a new connection : [Errno 11004] getaddrinfo failed',)' : /simple/pyautogui Quite long error!! :) Please help me with it

[@gianlucafaggionigarcia2748]

This video is 8 years old now. Would you still recommend me to follow this course?

[@code_with_raushan]

Yes bro of course 🤝

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

Yes. The first 15 videos here on KZbin cover the Python language which hasn't changed. All the info still works. The last half of the course on Udemy also still works, though you have to be careful to install the exact versions of the third party modules.

[@gianlucafaggionigarcia2748]

@@AutomateTheBoringStuff cool, dude. Thanks

[@suvendroseal1724]

@@AutomateTheBoringStuff Can you please upload a mini update video on which exact versions to install of the third-party modules. Please.

[@jg2077]

And here is that other video I promised kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3bKe3-CfaefkLc This one automatically organizes music album files into their respective and automatically created folder. And it does this for all the alubms. So amazing to see it execute and do it all automatically. Hopefully I have this walk through video for other users and anyone who is interested in Windows Automation. Let me know if you get any questinos that I can help with.

[@tonza3086]

Hi Al! Is it possible to make python to put all my photos in a folder like 2016 christmas, 2017 summer like that

[@satishkumar-vs2xh]

Please try to change the colour of subtitles as it was merged up with the colour of your screen ;O

[@bmchaitu]

some videos are missing :( where are they available ??

[@ramaiya9L]

wich version is that

[@ShaunandGemma1986]

Any codes for Udemy?

[@petraspetraitis3355]

is 3.11.2 ok

[@Lazy_Stoic_18]

Do you have graphics tutorial on Python

[@rad8287]

ojus chugh did you like your own comment?

[@nikhilapte1179]

Bro, you are a star!!!!

[@Neceros]

This is the kind of book I buy immediately. Often I will have some thing I will need to do amidst everything else I have already. Thank you!

[@rizwankhan-xg8rh]

sir how i start free lanceing

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Why do you recommend python 3.x to people that use it just for 'Automating Boring Stuff' while there are way more methods/libraries for python 2.x?

[@Brownkevin7]

python is easy to read and Learn

[@douwehuysmans5959]

Brownkevin7 Please read my comment....

[@VictorGreed0]

+Douwe Huysmans because the 3.x versions will work for modern pc the 2.x is for xp user and lower Sir im just learning this

[@ankushm3t]

Because 2.x is old and will be discontinued in 2020. Py2.7 is last major release in 2.x. As of today nearly all actively developed libraries already support Python 3.

[@woundedhealer8575]

Is there an updated version of this? I’m afraid to put a lot of time into this only to discover than most of it is no longer viable

[@GamersoutletNet1337]

following

[@woundedhealer8575]

Gamers Outlet Cd Keys I found a copy of this book at my library, grabbed my laptop and started to go at it. About 100 pages in and everything is still entirely applicable. The only thing I’m not 100% on so far has to do with importing and implementing certain modules. Other than that, I’d say go for it

[@prabhjotsinghkainth2282]

@al Sweigart I am Keenly interested in learning,but i end up thinking that which code can i write myself? i mean,how do i come to know about the code to use and what type of outcome can i get using python at first time...Like i used HTML and got up to many of the annotations etc and it open up stuff in browser,likewise,what python does when i compile etc? If you got answer to my confusion,please reply ..You might think me as a noob..Yes i am noob and i want to learn,so please reply

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

+Prabhjot Singh It is hard to learn how to write your own programs at the very beginning. I recommend following the videos. As you see what other code looks like, it gives you ideas for how to code your own programs.

[@prabhjotsinghkainth2282]

Al Sweigart Okay...Anyways..i am watching your Python videos series and trying my best..thanks for reply anyways :D

[@JamesBalazs]

Python doesn't really display things on it's own like HTML does. It can output strings and get input from the command prompt, but it's mainly useful for doing automation, calculations, or interacting with things like databases or HTML documents. There are frameworks like pygame that let you render objects to the screen outside of text to make games etc. and other frameworks like Flask or Django that let Python interact with webpages for creating back ends like login systems, blogging services ecommerce.

[@prabhjotsinghkainth2282]

TheRebel3000 Thanks for your reply mate..

[@keepitshort4208]

Gdscript is no different then python ?

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

There are some differences, but yes GDScript was designed to be almost identical to Python.

[@vtrandal]

First, I'm actually very grateful to you, Al Sweigart, for the extraordinary talent and effort you have poured into this work. Thank you. But. I'm looking for the Course Notes referred to here in Lesson 1. Also, on Udemy it seems Lesson 1 goes missing after watching it once. So I cannot find the Course Notes for Lesson 1 there either.

[@DavidJ2625]

love your videos Al!

[@truthseekeronlinev6]

Is this book still relevant

[@redcurated4302]

Dude you're so awesome! Teaching me everything I know.

[@N3orion]

how different is python 2 vs python 3? most of the books I recently bought are P2. if I use your course and the other books am I going to lose the value of one or the other doing that? Thanks

[@月-o8c7i]

N3orion I'm not actually sure, but it should be basically the same.

[@N3orion]

thank you sir.

[@vitaminprotein9669]

1:28 good work with html

[@xevenau]

This guy is said the world will be learn coding in the future. He wasn't wrong at all.

[@Shventastic]

"Coding will be the new literacy." Well that was an ambitious idea. We aimed for the stars and crashed into a landfill of anti-intellectualism instead.

[@hotlinefrenzy]

​​​@@Shventastic What aspect you mean? Companies have indeed overengineered programmer hiring, industrialized the process, making coders replaceable and whatnot. This may actually support the 'coding as literacy' idea - Definitely more mainstream than before, even if value has dropped exponentially..

[@indurthisaisujith7237]

Hi Albert, Thanks for publishing Python Basic concept video and documents. We are looking for advance python concepts, Can you please let us know where can we purchase advanced concepts book.

[@paulandretadiar2052]

Hey Al! On what age did you learn to python code?

[@TheOlian04]

Paul Andre Tadiar 21

[@Enstamskruvlos]

I skimmed through this entire series and no boring stuff was automated!

[@Awss-qy9dk]

Is js harder

[@SamLearnsPython]

Loyal disciple over here! 😊

[@michielpiscaer5260]

is python 3 better than python 2?

[@AutomateTheBoringStuff]

The short answer is: yes. The only reason you should use Python 2 is if you have a large existing code base written in Python 2 and changing it to Python 3 doesn't make business sense.