python

[Michael Havens]

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 <james.dugger at gmail.com> 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" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> No problem. I am doing it (badly) "... the hard way."
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:21 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe at gmail.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>> 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
>>>> <http://www.aboutlinux.info/2006/01/learn-how-to-use-regular-expressions.html>?
>>>> 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
>>>>
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