Naw, but I took a telecommute job and am looking to move down there in November now. For all the pen testing and hacker stuff I went through (7 some odd years ago), here's what you'll want to know how to do, in approximate order of priority: xml and json parsing (from xml.dom import minidom ; import json) connecting to and using a database (learn enough SQL to be able to navigate around one here too), learning sqlalchemy will be enough to land you a job in the field OS shell integration (import os) string operations regular expressions (import re) handling and forming automated web requests On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Yes... the pen-testing stuff I was talking about earlier. I am just so > flighty I don't know what to do. I think I will learn Python as I think > that will be good for the easy stuff to the advanced stuff.... I'll worry > about the expert stuff if I ever get that far. > Are you in Phoenix yet> > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Todd Millecam wrote: > >> Yeah, python has basically become a wrapper for C now, so there's a lot >> of different uses for it. What are you learning it for? Job? That >> pen-testing stuff you were doing earlier? >> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Michael Havens >> wrote: >> >>> Found a good reference. >>> http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/intro/learning/ >>> It gives many books of varying levels. >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Todd Millecam >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Learning Python, published by O'Reilly has a picture of a mouse on it. >>>> If you're more familiar with programming, Dive into python is the gold >>>> standard. >>>> If you're looking for the more "popular" way of programming, there's >>>> Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python published by >>>> Pearson--but that uses Jython, which should be avoided at all costs. >>>> >>>> I also have a power-point presentation meant for the absolute newbie >>>> that you can find on my site: >>>> >>>> http://tyggna.com/downloads/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Michael Havens >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can you recommend a good book for the absolute beginner? (besides >>>>> saying to google it) >>>>> >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Todd Millecam >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Todd Millecam >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Todd Millecam