No problem. I am doing it (badly) "... the hard way." :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:21 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > sorry for not responding sooner, michael. everyone learns in their own > way. if a course is not for you, I can at least point you at how I pick up > new languages. what works for me is the old "scratch an itch" process. > find something that you want to do, and do it with a language. start > small, maybe checking your email or twitter. it's a matter of getting some > inertia behind you. > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> Please expand. How would you recommend I go about to learn this (not in a >> formal setting)? I can not afford to take classes and because of a head >> injury doubt I could complete it successfully anyways. >> >> In your list I notice you do not mention learning any programming >> language. Why is that? >> >> What do you mean by "OS shell integration"? Is that saying I need to >> learn BASH as opposed to Python? >> >> "string operations must mean BASH.... >> >> when you say "regular expressions" is this a good resource here >> ? >> Would I use this with BASH or Python or both? >> >> I notice that in http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ there is a section >> that covers using Python with websites so handling and forming automated >> web requests is probably covered in more advanced Python tutorials. >> >> So to sum it up I think I need to learn Python and BASH. Is this correct? >> I also need to learn XML, JSON (what do you mean when you say "from >> xml.dom import minidom ; import json") and SQL >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >> 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 >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >