2 Blog Entries for July 2003
PyNewbie on Using Sockets in Python
A socket is a connection from one program to another. The two programs are typically on different machines, but they can also be on the same machine. Most sockets are from a client program connect to a server program to get some sort of information. Most socket transmissions are bi-directional -- send a request, receive some information. When you request a web page from within a web browser, you are causing the initiation of a socket connect from your computer (the client) to the web server's computer (the server, which could also be located on the same machine). You request ...
PyNewbie on making cryptograms
I used to enjoy cryptograms a lot and wanted to generate some on my own. I originally wrote a script to do this in Perl. While learning Python, I rewrote it and learned a few things about the string library in the process. Here goes...
import sys, string, random
We're going to be using sys to catch arguments passed to our script, or to catch input from a pipe. We've got lots of string manipulation so we're importing the string module. The random module will give us a way to shuffle a list so we can match ...