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Python - Foundations

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This class was taught at Null: Open Security Community,Bangalore in Aug, 2016.
The content is licensed under GPL4 BY-SA license.
The notes is hosted at https://yamakira.github.io/python-foundations.

Overview & Objective:

In this workshop we will cover basics of Python and lay foundational knowledge required for the series:
We'll learn to program the 'pythonic way' and delve into features exclusive to Python.
The objective is to understand conceptual underpinnings of Python programming while reinforcing this conceptual knowledge with practice exercises and challenges.

We'll work on realistic examples like:

Parsing log files.
Playing with publicly available data.
Scripting basic system administration tasks (Managing file systems and processes).
Writing scripts to interact with World Wide Web.
Creating professional/manageable command-line interfaces.

Pre-requisites

What you need to know before taking thisclass?

Little bit of programming experience in some language (not necessarily Python) is preferable. (Enough to know what a "variable" or "if statement" is etc.)
Basic knowledge of Linux command-line is necessary (Usage of commands like cd, ls, grep, less etc.). We'll cover required commands in the workshop though.
Able to use at least any one command line and one graphical text editor (Nano, Vim, gedit, sublime, notepad++).

What you need to bring?

Laptop with administrator access (mandatory).
Minimum 2 GB RAM and 10 GB free hard disk space.
Oracle Virtualbox installed (VMPlayer or VMWorkstation participants will be on their own)
Preferably, bring your own Internet connectivity.

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