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Author: James Mcphee
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Subject: Re: python
it's a library of python

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:

> so how well do I need to know python to learn sqlachemy? or else can I
> learn it independently?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Todd Millecam <> wrote:
>
>> 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~(-:
>>>>>>>
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