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Automate with Python – Full Course for Beginners

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Overview

This course teaches learners how to automate tasks using Python, including extracting tables from websites, web scraping, interacting with websites, and automating Excel reports. Students will learn to use Python libraries such as Path, Selenium, and XPath. The course includes projects on table extraction, web automation, Excel report automation, and automating WhatsApp. The intended audience for this course is beginners who want to learn automation using Python.

Syllabus

) Intro.
) Project #1 Table Extraction - Extract Tables from Websites.
) Table Extraction - Extract CSV Files from Websites.
) Table Extraction - Extract Tables from PDFs.
) Project #2 - Web Automation & Web Scraping - HTML Basics - Tags and Elements.
) Web Automation & Web Scraping - HTML Basics - Tree Structure.
) Web Automation & Web Scraping - XPath - Syntax, Functions and Operators.
) Web Automation & Web Scraping - XPath - Test Your XPath.
) Web Automation & Web Scraping - XPath - Special Characters and Syntax.
) Automate The News - Installing Selenium and ChromeDriver.
) Automate The News - Creating The Driver.
) Automate The News - Finding Elements.
) Automate The News - Exporting Data to a CSV File.
) Automate The News - Headless mode.
) Automate The News - Preparing Script to Be Run Everyday.
) Automate The News - Convert py to exe.
) Automate The News - Schedule Python Script with crontab (macOS).
) Project #3 - Automate Excel Report - Create a Pivot Table with Python.
) Automate Excel Report - Add a Bar Chart.
) Automate Excel Report - Write Excel Formulas with Python.
) Automate Excel Report - Format Cells.
) Automate Excel Report - Convert Pivot Table to Excel Report.
) Automate Excel Report - Generate Excel Reports with One Click (py to exe).
) Project #4 - Automate WhatsApp.

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