"Adam J. Melancon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: O'Reilly's "Learning Python" (recently revised and updated) is a great place to start.
Or save your money and try the free tutorial posted online at python.org. I read that in a day or say playing along in the command shell and started coding python the next day. I only needed that tutorial and the library reference also on that site (and in python itself) to begin doing productive work. > Let me just state that "I am a networking guy" > I have been trying for a few years to become handy with bash shell > scripts, but lately I have been looking at other alternatives like > perl or python. > I have had no classes in programming, but would like to learn enough > to do some systems adminstration using either perl or python. Does > anyone know of some good sites that take it from a beginner standpoint > and use some good examples of using python for systems administration. > I do understand concepts like "if, then, do while, etc.." from writing > bash scripts, but I would just like to dive into it a bit more. Keep > in mind, I hate programming, I'm bad at algebra (which sometimes I > feel programming closely resembles), but for some reason I have a > blast writing bash scripts for various tasks. > Also, here in abbeville we are running a server for a ham radio > activity called APRS and we can stream text data out to the radios, > but it does this using perl and streams the data to a local UDP port. > So part of me wants to learn either perl or learn how to stream data > to a UDP port using python. > > Anyone got any good links or books I should check out to help me get > on track with one of these languages > > Thanks! > > > Adam J. Melancon > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up ? fast & reliable Internet access > with prime features! > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all." gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5
