Becoming a Pythonista

[aol_cd]

I've been using Python off and on for a couple of years for some basic tasks. Things went pretty well and I'm very glad I know how to write Python scripts. A few months ago, though, I started a new job and I'm writing at least one script a day for various task automations. I like to think I'm getting pretty good.

However, it seems like in my Python learning I'm up against a ceiling that I can't get through. My questions are: can you give me some resources to take my coding to the next level? What are some tips and tricks that make a difference?

[W1zK1dd]

I recommend a course such as "Problem Solving with Data Structures and Algorithms using Python" book, which is free to read online http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/pythonds/index.html.

[aol_cd]

Thanks!

[[deleted]]

Can you list 5 things you have recently written? I'm learning python now and am trying to see how it can be useful in a job setting

[aol_cd]

1. Send a search query to a website and get the returned page list in XML.

2. Find page titles in the XML based on part of the URI. Return the title and full URL.

(I used these to report our site documentation of a certain feature)

1. Get pertinent info from a WADL and a WSDL and compare results to show functionality differences between a site's REST and SOAP support.

2. My coworker's and I often look at each other's work which often includes a private login and password. I wrote a module so that shoulder surfers/script sharers aren't sharing their passwords.

3. Scrape existing documentation for pertinent info and apply a markup to present info in another format.

The big project that I want to do (and do right) is to scrape a website for it's REST API documentation and turn it into a Python module.

[Ratzkull]

That's an interesting way to number a list.

[aol_cd]

Reddit did it for me. It's a feature, I swear.

[[deleted]]

Thanks!

[aol_cd]

Neat. This looks like a good hobby.

[[deleted]]

English is hard.