🤖 Automation & Scripting¶

Let Python do the repetitive work — file wrangling, backups, scheduled jobs, and driving other programs.

Automation is one of the fastest ways to get real value from Python. Most of it uses only the standard library, so there's little to install and a lot to gain.

Topics¶

• ⚙️ Automation & Scripting — file systems, batch processing, subprocess, scheduling, CLI tools
• 🖱️ Desktop Automation — control the mouse, keyboard and screen
• 🌐 Browser Automation — drive browsers with Selenium and Playwright

Start with Automation & Scripting — it covers the core standard-library tools every automation task builds on.