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Python Automation For Dummies
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Python Automation For Dummies

by Alan Simpson
December 2025
Beginner
368 pages
7h 49m
English
For Dummies
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About the Author

Alan Simpson is the award-winning author of more than 100 tech books covering Python, web design, and database design. His books have been published in dozens of languages throughout the world and have sold millions of copies. Alan also has more than 20 years’ experience as an online instructor and consistently gets rave reviews from his students for helping to make complex topics understandable.

Dedication

To Susan, Ashley, and Alec.

Author’s Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Margot Maley, my literary agent at Waterside Productions. To Steve Hayes at Wiley for bringing me this opportunity and to Elizabeth Kuball and Doug Holland for supporting me through the process.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Managing Editor: Murari Mukundan

Executive Editor: Steve Hayes

Editor: Elizabeth Kuball

Technical Editor: Doug Holland

Production Editor: Tamilmani Varadharaj

Cover Image: © Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock

Special Help: Carmen Krikorian, Kristie Pyles

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781394371426