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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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This first project was a lot fun! It did a great job of utilizing all of the Intro to Python and Linux items from the previous courses.

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John Dean

United States

Honestly, it was a bit horrible to follow but I got there

(2/5)
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Olyxander Lerecouvreux

France

it's honestly a great progression... before this exercise you're kinda lost. Granted im still kinda lost, but now I understand how and why I'm lost. Also now boots helps a lot more, and I honestly kind of just text to it a lot while developing this just as a learning resource.

(5/5)
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Jesse S

United States

It's okay, pretty shallow

(2/5)
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Neo L

United States

It was simple to follow

(4/5)
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Joel Talemwa

Uganda

VERY GOOOOOOOOOOOD

(5/5)
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Endrie Banglo

Brgy. Casat, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

Super fun and rewarding to complete. The code mechanics make it feel like real programing and not just playing around.

(5/5)
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Peter Z

United States

That was a great guided project, It helped me to review the concepts I learned in python beginner course

(5/5)
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Jarif Adnan

Bangladesh

Best one yet! Really made me work for it!

(5/5)
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Yannick Roy

Canada

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