7 AN INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON
The skills you’ve learned in the last few chapters are instrumental for investigating leaked datasets, but having basic programming knowledge is even more powerful. Using Python or other programming languages, you can give your computer precise instructions for performing tasks that existing tools or shell scripts don’t allow. For example, you could write a Python script that scours a million pieces of video metadata to determine where the videos were filmed. In my experience, Python is also simpler, easier to understand, and less error-prone than shell scripts.
This chapter provides a crash course on the fundamentals of Python programming. You’ll learn to write and execute Python scripts and use the interactive ...
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