Build a Bookbot in Python
Build your first local command-line application in Python and use the real tools that developers use every day.
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Lane Wagner
Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide, on Boot.dev, FreeCodeCamp, YouTube and the Backend Banter podcast. Lane worked as a backend engineer writing Go, Python and TypeScript, then moved into engineering management and a couple of years later left to build Boot.dev full-time.
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What will you learn?
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 set up of a professional development environment using Python. This is the perfect first Python project for beginners.
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The CLI tool is an awesome way to learn!
Jake McCoy
United States
So... I found parts of this pretty difficult. I came to boots.dev as pretty much a complete novice. I've tinkered in linux and 45 years ago used to program in BASIC. There's a lot of unexplained material, but mostly the difficulty was me not reading the instructions well.
D Rex
United States
Loved using what I learned during this guided course.
MDJ
United Kingdom
Very challenging to go back and reference what was learned but great overall experience
Samuel
Cape Town, South Africa
This one was tricky. I used Boots a lot to get everything off the ground, which was a bit disheartening. I really wanted to do most of this one my own, but the difficulty spike was too much to overcome. I would recommend that you make use of the training grounds to drill Python basics before doing this one. Good luck.
Zach
United States
Its a short project that finally makes you get in direct touch with actually doing something, its a bit of a difficulty spike but not too much, definitely a good idea to make you think how to reach a solution a couple of times
Mauri
Argentina
Its like a mini interesting project.
Janez Fabijan
Slovenia
An excellent first foray into Python projects executed in the Linux filesystem and console. Hope you kept good notes from the Python course =)
Matthew Weaving
United States
Helps to get comfortable with a new setup!
Dzmitry Yafimau
Ukraine
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