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The Chapter Projects

Chapter projects are included in each chapter starting in chapter 6. These projects are used to demonstrate the concepts covered in individual chapters. The projects are written in a style that takes you from a blank file editor window to a full, working program.

• Chapter 0 – Introduction
• Chapter 1 – Python Basics
• Chapter 2 - Flow Control
• Chapter 3 – Functions
• Chapter 4 – Lists
• Chapter 5 – Dictionaries and Structuring Data
• Chapter 6 – Manipulating Strings
  • Password Locker
  • Adding Bullets to Wiki Markup
• Chapter 7 – Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
  • Phone Number and Email Address Extractor
• Chapter 8 – Reading and Writing Files
  • Generating Random Quiz Files
  • Multi-clipboard
• Chapter 9 – Organizing Files
  • Date Converter
  • Archive Directory
• Chapter 10 – Debugging
• Chapter 11 – Web Scraping
  • Map It
  • “I’m Feeling Lucky” Google Search
  • XKCD Downloader
• Chapter 12 – Working with Excel Spreadsheets
  • Reading Data from a Spreadsheet
  • Updating a Spreadsheet
• Chapter 13 – Working with PDF and Word Documents
  • Combining Select Pages from Many PDFs
• Chapter 14 – Working with CSV Files and JSON Data
  • Removing the Header from CSV Files
  • Fetching Current Weather Data
• Chapter 15 – Keeping Time, Scheduling Tasks, and Launching Programs
  • Super Stopwatch
  • Multithreaded XKCD Downloader
  • Simple Countdown Program
• Chapter 16 – Sending Email and Text Messages
  • Sending Member Dues Reminder Emails
  • "Just Text Me" Module
• Chapter 17 – Manipulating Images
  • Adding a Logo
• Chapter 18 – Controlling the Keyboard and Mouse with GUI Automation
  • "Where is the Mouse Right Now?"
  • Automatic Form Filler