Chapter 1: Working with Python Scripting

Python is a simple-to-read-and-write, byte-compiled, object-oriented programming language. The language is perfect for security professionals because it allows for fast test development as well as reusable objects to be used in the future.

Throughout this chapter, we will explain data structures and collections such as lists, dictionaries, tuples, and iterators. We will review functions, exceptions management, and other modules, such as regular expressions, that we can use in our scripts. We will also learn how to manage dependencies and development environments to introduce into programming with Python. We will also review the principal development environments for script development in Python, including ...

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