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Python Automation Cookbook

You're reading from   Python Automation Cookbook Explore the world of automation using Python recipes that will enhance your skills

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789133806
Length 398 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jaime Buelta Jaime Buelta
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Let Us Begin Our Automation Journey FREE CHAPTER 2. Automating Tasks Made Easy 3. Building Your First Web Scraping Application 4. Searching and Reading Local Files 5. Generating Fantastic Reports 6. Fun with Spreadsheets 7. Developing Stunning Graphs 8. Dealing with Communication Channels 9. Why Not Automate Your Marketing Campaign? 10. Debugging Techniques 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction

Writing code is not easy. Actually, it is very hard. Even the best programmer in the world can't foresee any possible alternative and flow of the code.

This means that executing our code will always produce surprises and unexpected behavior. Some will be very evident and others will be very subtle, but the ability to identify and remove these defects in the code is critical to building solid software.

These defects in software are known as bugs, and therefore removing them is called debugging.

Inspecting the code just by reading it is not great. There are always surprises, and complex code is difficult to follow. That's why the ability to debug by stopping execution and taking a look at the current state of things is important.

Everyone, EVERYONE introduces bugs in the code, normally to be surprised by them later. Some people have described debugging as...
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