yea James. thanks. I wish they had a free version but i suppose $50 isn't bad for a text book? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:21 PM, James Dugger wrote: > If you are new to programming look at > "Head First Programming: A learner 's guide to programming using the > Python language" by David Griffiths and Paul Barry. > > The Head First books take a different approach to learning. I gave this > book to my 10 year old son who used it to learn programming and Python. > On Apr 5, 2015 12:24 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >