**Step-by-Step PyAutoGUI Tutorial: Record and Replay Mouse Actions for GUI Task Automation**
Key Takeaways You can automate repetitive computer tasks using Python's PyAutoGUI library , which controls your mouse and keyboard with code. The easiest way to start is with a "record and replay" method : capture your mouse movements and clicks, then write a second script to play them back. PyAutoGUI has a crucial failsafe mechanism : slamming your mouse into the top-left corner of the screen will immediately stop any running script. I once spent an entire Friday manually copy-pasting data from 300 different CSV files into one master spreadsheet. It was a soul-crushing, eight-hour marathon of Ctrl+C , Alt+Tab , Ctrl+V . By the end, my eyes were burning, and I swore I could hear the clicks echoing in my sleep. The shocking part? A simple Python script could have done the entire job in less than two minutes. That experience sent me down a rabbit hole, and today, I want to show you the absolute easiest way to get started with automating your own tedious computer t...
