List 1 of books by Al Sweigart

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

Practical Programming for Total Beginners

by Al Sweigart
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015

If you’ve ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you? In Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, you’ll learn how to use Python to write programs that do...

Scratch Programming Playground

Learn to Program by Making Cool Games

by Al Sweigart
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016

Scratch, the colorful drag-and-drop programming language, is used by millions of first-time learners, and in Scratch Programming Playground, you’ll learn to program by making cool games. Get ready to destroy asteroids, shoot hoops, and slice and dice fruit! Each game includes easy-to-follow...

Cracking Codes with Python

An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers

by Al Sweigart
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018

Learn how to program in Python while making and breaking ciphers—algorithms used to create and send secret messages! After a crash course in Python programming basics, you’ll learn to make, test, and hack programs that encrypt text with classical ciphers like the transposition cipher and...

Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, 4E

by Al Sweigart
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016

Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python will teach you how to make computer games using the popular Python programming language—even if you’ve never programmed before! Begin by building classic games like Hangman, Guess the Number, and Tic-Tac-Toe, and then work your way up to more advanced...

Coding with Minecraft

Build Taller, Farm Faster, Mine Deeper, and Automate the Boring Stuff

by Al Sweigart
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018

A hands-on introduction to coding that teaches you how to program bots to do cool things in the game you love--Minecraft! This book takes the robotic "turtle" method, and extends it to the 3D, interactive world of Minecraft. You've mined for diamonds, crafted dozens of tools, and...

Eigene Spiele programmieren – Python lernen

Der spielerische Weg zur Programmiersprache

by Al Sweigart
Language: German
Release Date: September 18, 2017

Dieses Buch wird Ihnen beibringen, wie man Computerspiele mit der beliebten Python- Programmiersprache entwickelt – auch wenn Sie noch nie zuvor programmiert haben! Beginnen Sie mit dem Entwurf klassischer Spiele wie Galgenmännchen, einem Zahlenratespiel und Tic-Tac-Toe. Mit fortgeschrittenen Spielen...

Routineaufgaben mit Python automatisieren

Praktische Programmierlösungen für Einsteiger

by Al Sweigart
Language: German
Release Date: July 28, 2016

Wenn Sie jemals Stunden damit verbracht haben, Dateien umzubenennen oder Hunderte von Tabelleneinträgen zu aktualisieren, dann wissen Sie, wie stumpfsinnig manche Tätigkeiten sein können. Wie wäre es, den Computer dazu zu bringen, diese Arbeiten zu übernehmen? In diesem Buch lernen Sie, wie Sie...

Coole Spiele mit Scratch

Lerne programmieren und baue deine eigenen Spiele

by Al Sweigart
Language: German
Release Date: April 26, 2017

Spiele Computerspiele nicht nur – erfinde sie selbst! Scratch, die bunte Drag-and-drop-Programmiersprache, wird bereits von Millionen Programmieranfängern benutzt. Mit diesem Buch gestaltest du coole Spiele und lernst dabei mühelos programmieren. Mach dich bereit, Asteroiden zu zerstören, Körbe...