LibreOffice Calc & Python Programming: Part 0 – Get started

I am very exited to start new series of articles to help you with learning new skills.

This tutorial is intended for you if you are looking to use LibreOffice Calc in a more productive way as well as if you want to learn a practical way to use the Python programming language.

My goal is to do this in roughly 10 parts, with a soft learning curve introducing Python and its awesome capabilities to interact with LibreOffice suite, in particular with LibreOffice Calc for this tutorial.

WHY did I choose to teach you Python to write programs to interact with LibreOffice Calc?

There are two reasons:

1. To me it is not worth using the built-in LibreOffice Macro Language and it’s better to use a language that you can use for other things
2. Python is awesome! I could have choose JavaScript, C++ or any other programming language that LibreOffice supports, but I prefer Python because it’s so easier than any other programming language when you start programming.

WHAT’s the plan?

1. Making sure that you have everything ready: software, add-on, documentation.
2. A quick example to check if everything is in place
3. Defining the project: writing the blue print
4. Working on the Project
5. Wrap-up and possible extensions

I can’t wait to start. However I have a very busy life at the moment, so I am going to be realistic and have a target of 1 article every two weeks for this tutorial, this is going to be a long exiting journey!

If you like this tutorial you could buy me a coffee to help me continue writing add-free tutorials.

Thank you!