Textcraft with Python: Harnessing Web Data for Sentiment and Language Processing

By Olaoluwa S. Yaya, Mary M. Adepoju, Aishat O. Oyewunmi

In a world overflowing with text-tweets, reviews, news articles, and online discussions-hidden patterns, sentiments, and insights shape the way people think, act, and decide. TextCraft with Python takes readers on an immersive, narrative-driven journey through the art and science of mining, scraping, and interpreting web data for powerful sentiment and natural language processing applications.
Blending engaging storytelling with hands-on technical knowledge, this book follows the fictional yet deeply relatable journey of Daniel, a data scientist navigating a fractured global landscape where governance systems are powered by AI. Across 21 detailed chapters, readers will learn practical Python workflows for extracting, cleaning, and analyzing text data-while exploring the ethical, political, and human challenges behind these technologies.
From the fundamentals of web scraping and text preprocessing to advanced NLP pipelines, sentiment detection, and AI-driven decision-making, TextCraft with Python offers both a gripping story and a complete technical foundation. Whether you are a researcher, developer, analyst, or simply curious about the intersection of data science and society, this book equips you with the skills-and the perspective-to work with language data responsibly and effectively.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMRJN1WY
• ISBN13: 9798298550970
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"