Back on July 27th I blogged about beginning to learn the Python language for software development. Here is an update. I’m nearly complete with my Python course on Udemy.com and I’ve started actual work with Python.
So, here’s where I’m at.
I got close to completing the on-line course, but decided to really dive in and start working with it, in favor of going back and finishing the course later on. I have every intention of finishing it, but I wanted to have a little experience first so that I could know what sections I really want to concentrate on. Like most software developers, I tend to reuse code all the time. As a long time Perl programmer, I always had my standard “go-to” functions and libraries, that I’d either import or “cut and paste” pieces of into new code. So, to get into the swing of things, I’ve now written functions to update a MySQL database, send email alerts, parse the output of UNIX commands, do CGI form handling, sys logging, find network errors/dropped packets, automate ssh connections, send pings, etc.
I’m a long way from becoming an expert, and it’s not nearly as second nature as some of the other languages I know, but I’m happy that I’m getting used to the syntax and that I’m starting to do some useful things with it.
