Cracking Codes With Python
An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers
$77.13
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2018
Summary
Learn to program with Python by making and hacking ciphers; no experience required. From the author of the best-selling Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.Learn how to program in Python while making and breaking ciphers-algorithms used to create and send secret messages!After a crash course in Python programming basics, you’ll learn to make, test, and hack programs that encrypt text with classical ciphers like the transposition cipher and Vigen re cipher. You’ll begin with simple programs …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781593278229 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1593278225 |
| Author: | Al Sweigart |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press,US |
| Imprint: | No Starch Press,US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 799g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 178mm |
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Critics Review
“Definitely worth the read even as an experienced Python developer. I learned more about cryptography and even a few new Python tricks.”—Ray Doyle, The Ethical Hacker Network“I recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn Python/programming and is interested in security or puzzles.”—Jeanne Boyarsky, Code Ranch“A fantastic programming and cryptography course for any high school-aged child.”—The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
About The Author
Al Sweigart
Al Sweigartis a professional software developer who teaches programming to kids and adults. He is the author of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, and Scratch Programming Playground, also from No Starch Press. His programming tutorials can be found atinventwithpython.com.
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