Sometimes, when learning a new language it is helpful to break down a problem that you are familiar with, and apply the concepts of the programming language to that problem. An example of this is the temperature converter we did a few articles back: Programming Fundamentals — Functions and Variables Many times when I start learning a new programming language I try and create small “toy” programs that teach me…medium.com

Many times in programming, we want to keep track of certain items These items can be anything: names, data points, words, etc. Python provides a few different ways of tracking them that we’ll talk about today. These are the dictionary (dict), set (set) and we’ll also review a little bit about the most basic form, the list (list). Refresher on Lists If you remember from…

Previously, we looked at the for loop and used it to print out a list of items for the user the select from. This is fantastic, however sometimes we want to do something over and over until some condition is met. Enter while. This loop structure allows you to continuously…

In the previous article, we looked at five non-technical (soft) skills needed to get started in the cybersecurity field. Today we’ll take a look at five technical skills needed to get started. The 5 Skills Needed To Start In Cybersecurity Admittedly there is no firm, all-inclusive list of everything a person would need in order to get started in or be…medium.com 5. Operating Systems Fundamentals Knowing the basics of how your operating system of choice works will aid tremendously in cybersecurity. Take for…

Last time, we created a simple function to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius. This was about as simple as we could go without simply printing “Hello World” to the screen. This time we’re going to take a look at lists, loops, and user input. We’ll be working with another toy program…

Admittedly there is no firm, all-inclusive list of everything a person would need in order to get started in or be successful in such a vast field as Cybersecurity. …

Many times when I start learning a new programming language I try and create small “toy” programs that teach me something fundamental about the languages while using standard programming constructs I’ve picked up through learning how to program in general. The first concept we’ll visit is a function. A function…

Have you ever looked at a program and thought to yourself…”There’s no way I can do that, it’s too complicated”? Well don’t worry, this article will be the first of several to introduce the basics of programming to even the most uninitiated beginner. Our language of choice will be the…