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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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Some confusion about getting marked down for not applying .isalpha() before it was explicitly called out in the subsequent assignment.

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Stuart Armstrong

United Kingdom

A nice project that helped solidify the lessons I learned throughout the beginner Python and Linux courses.

(5/5)
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Zane Wagner

United States

Without help of the bot I wouldnt be able to acomplish these lessons/tasks.

(3/5)
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A*** S********

Poland

Definitely helps you learn something that will come in handy in the future.

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Jamie

United States

it was interesting to say the least it took me a bit as a noob to setup wsl and everything else needed but its a great lesson

(4/5)
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Esteban Estrada

United States

funny

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Alexandro Cocouvi

Benin

I feel like a wizard

(5/5)
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Matt Gilmore

United States

great

(5/5)
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Alexander Chichanouski

Poland

Good entry level challenge where you can apply all the things you've learned on simple python. Great stuff

(4/5)
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Carlos M. Silva

Aveiro, Portugal

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