[HN Gopher] Show HN: Practical Python Projects book release
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Show HN: Practical Python Projects book release
Hi everyone! I just released the Practical Python Projects book!
(https://practicalpython.yasoob.me) I am happy to announce the
first version as a release candidate. I have poured a lot of love
into writing this book and would love to hear what you guys think.
(A limited 100% off and discount coupons at the end) This is not a
pure beginner book. The book does assume some background Python
knowledge. You need to know the basics like methods, functions,
classes, and such. If I use something that is not typically covered
in beginner Python books, I will explain it before I use it. There
are no tests for these projects as they are really small and teach
you how to glue different pieces together. Some projects that we
will be making - A Twilio bot that keeps you updated with the
latest match scores from the FIFA World Cup - A Facebook Messenger
bot the shares latest memes, jokes, and shower-thoughts scraped
from Reddit - An automated invoice generator and deploying it
using Flask - Making automated cinema-preshow by downloading and
stitching together related movie trailers using moviepy -
Generating automated article summaries and overlaying them on top
of images - Understanding and decoding JPEG images using vanilla
Python - Creating a GUI application using PyQt for downloading
online videos - Implementing a TUI email client that allows
reading emails in the terminal The first 50 people can use the
"hn-love" coupon (without the quotation marks) to get 15% off. I am
also offering a 30-day no-questions-asked refund policy if you
don't enjoy this book and don't learn anything new. You can buy
the book from https://practicalpython.yasoob.me You can get a free
sample chapter from here:
https://practicalpython.yasoob.me/sample/chapter2.pdf You can learn
more about my writing style by reading any of my recent articles
over at https://yasoob.me (For detailed FAQ, you can head over to
the book website: https://practicalpython.yasoob.me)
Author : yasoob
Score : 34 points
Date : 2021-03-04 18:58 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| efxz wrote:
| Heh... "(A limited 100% off and discount coupons at the end)" I
| see just 15% off
| [deleted]
| yasoob wrote:
| Hi everyone!
|
| I just released the Practical Python Projects book!
| (https://practicalpython.yasoob.me) You can get a free sample
| chapter here:
| https://practicalpython.yasoob.me/sample/chapter2.pdf.
|
| I am happy to announce the first version as a release candidate.
| I have poured a lot of love into writing this book and would love
| to hear what you guys think. (A limited 100% off and discount
| coupons at the end)
|
| This is not a pure beginner book. The book does assume some
| background Python knowledge. You need to know the basics like
| methods, functions, classes, and such. If I use something that is
| not typically covered in beginner Python books, I will explain it
| before I use it. There are no tests for these projects as they
| are really small and teach you how to glue different pieces
| together.
|
| Some projects that we will be making
|
| - A Twilio bot that keeps you updated with the latest match
| scores from the FIFA World Cup
|
| - A Facebook Messenger bot the shares latest memes, jokes, and
| shower-thoughts scraped from Reddit
|
| - An automated invoice generator and deploying it using Flask
|
| - Making automated cinema-preshow by downloading and stitching
| together related movie trailers using moviepy
|
| - Generating automated article summaries and overlaying them on
| top of images
|
| - Understanding and decoding JPEG images using vanilla Python
|
| - Creating a GUI application using PyQt for downloading online
| videos
|
| - Implementing a TUI email client that allows reading emails in
| the terminal
|
| The first 50 people can use the "hn-love" coupon (without the
| quotation marks) to get 15% off. I am also offering a 30-day no-
| questions-asked refund policy if you don't enjoy this book and
| don't learn anything new.
|
| You can buy the book and see a detailed FAQ at
| https://practicalpython.yasoob.me. If you want to try before you
| buy, see the sample chapter at
| https://practicalpython.yasoob.me/sample/chapter2.pdf, or you can
| learn more my writing style by reading any of my recent articles
| over at https://yasoob.me.
| chris_wot wrote:
| I work at a school that uses Python extensively. I've purchased
| the book (haven't yet got the links). Is there a group discount?
| Our ICT teachers might be interested in this.
| yasoob wrote:
| Hi Chris,
|
| We can definitely work something out! You should have gotten
| the books by now. Take a look at the book and if you would like
| to get a group discount I can definitely arrange that. Would
| love to have more kids get their hands on this. :)
| dotancohen wrote:
| I'm glad to see that you use PyQt for the GUI. Have you examined
| PySide as well? It's mostly drop-in compatible with PyQt and has
| a much better license in my opinion.
| yasoob wrote:
| I have! I don't use PyQt professionally so never had to worry
| about the license too much. Also for the most part, PySide
| should work just fine with the projects in the book :)
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