Build a Bookbot in Python
Build your first local command-line application in Python and use the real tools that developers use every day.
Author
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.
Allan
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Matt
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Dan
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Hunter
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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, Git, and Github. This is the perfect first Python project for beginners.
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This was an excellent course. It pushed my with new python skills in a way that didn't make me want...
Chris Lee
Florence, AZ, USA
Nice
Gourab Das
India
I recommend this for someone who wants to understand the basics and to now how to read a file and us...
Laurentiu Cotfas
Romania
Good exercise to start doing some more coding with less direction to force thinking and learning.
Ron Ih
United States
Very interesting to test your basic Python skills learnt in the first Python module! Some interestin...
Joaquin Paz
Buenos Aires, Argentina
it was a bit more challenging as it did not give you as much instructions as the longer ones, but wi...
Rebirthplur Toall
United States
This was a fun project!
Chris C.
United States
solid starter project after learning a little python, bash, and git!
madmudgen
United States
Enjoyable!
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Russia
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