Python is great for automating boring, repetitive, or simple tasks. Many companies or providers offer API interfaces to help with automation or collection of large amounts of data. API stands for application programming interface. An API is basically a back… Continue Reading
Need to pop up a message box for your python program? Try tkinter. It has a built in widget for providing output details for a program. Check out our first tkinter tutorial for how to do basic setup before you… Continue Reading
There are numerous Graphical User Interface (GUI) modules that work with Python. Tkinter (Tk interface) is the standard python GUI module. Let’s start with the basics – what is a GUI and why do you need one? Well, if you’ve… Continue Reading
Using selenium with python is a quick and relatively straightforward method to browse websites, pull data, and fill out forms on web pages. A few weeks ago, I was developing an app to download data from my electricity supplier, however… Continue Reading
When automating tasks in python or other programming languages, it is frequently handy to be able to determine if a given program or process is already running. You may want to check that you only have one version of your… Continue Reading
When automating tasks with python, it may be useful to randomize your click on a particular object. I frequently use the pyautogui library to identify an image to click on, then randomize the click location on the image. If you… Continue Reading
So you’ve written your first python script or program to simplify your life, automate a task, or some machine learning. How do you distribute it to the rest of the world? Sorry, but only nerds use python. Enter the pyinstaller… Continue Reading
I’ve just uploaded my first project for public consumption. I recently was faced with a completely full hard drive on one of my PCs. I had a large collection of images that I needed to keep for future reference, but… Continue Reading