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Build a BookBot in Python

Build your first local command-line app and use the real tools developers use every day.

What you'll learn in this Python course

You'll build a real command-line application in Python that does data analysis on text files, or rather, entire novels like "Frankenstein," "Moby Dick," or "Pride and Prejudice." You'll be guided through the setup of a professional development environment using Python. This is the perfect first Python project for beginners.

Chapter List

1
Setup
Set up a local Python development environment
2
Data Analysis
Write Python functions that analyze a novel's text and calculate word and character counts
3
Report
Build a beautiful analytics report and add command-line tooling to make your application usable with any plain text file

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Nice small project to learn python

(5/5)
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Tobias Klemmer

Germany

Fun course!

(5/5)
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Maq

United States

Fun project and a good blue print for small tools

(5/5)
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Henrik Sperling

Germany

Felt really good writing from scratch a python program along with a module. The prior "Learn Python" course was definitely helpful in my gaining confidence in writing Python in this BookBot project. It was simple enough to use the "ed" text editor rather than their recommendation that started with a "z". Teaches how to get input from the command line, which is so important for writing programs for terminal use. The prior "Learn Linux" course was also helpful. Don't skip those courses.

(5/5)
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thomas peters II

United States

VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND ACTUALLY HELPED WITH MY FUNDAMENTALS

(5/5)
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m m

United States

This is a great course

(5/5)
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Kavin Kinyua Muriuki

Kenya

Diligence pays off, and Boot.dev is 100% worth the effort. The team behind this platform has built something truly amazing. I’ve been recommending it to all my friends and family who want to learn how to code for real and get into the tech industry!

(5/5)
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Timothy Waters Jr

Auburn, USA

An interactive and fast way to build your first project. Great way to put everything you've learnt so far!

(5/5)
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Volkov Mihail

Denmark

This is a very good course. As a bookstore owner, I found it to be especially valuable. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is because of how early the course lands on the learning track progressions, given its rigor. This course will require you to do some additional learning that may not always be in your spellbook.

(4/5)
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Logan Leslie

Pennsylvania, United States

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The only way to become a great developer is to write a lot of code

Avoid tutorial hell

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a game-like curriculum

Build portfolio projects

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Delve deeper

into foundational concepts

Learn flexibly online

without interrupting your life

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Frequently asked Questions

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Yes! It's free to create an account and start learning. You'll get all the immersive and interactive features for free for a few chapters. After that, if you still haven't paid for a membership, you'll be in read-only (content only) mode.