Practical Python for Mac Admins 2017

130 Pages·2017·20.47 MB·English

Practical Python for Mac admins
MacAdmins Conference at Penn State
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Session: http://sched.co/AfBb
Feedback: https://bit.ly/psumac2017-212
GitHub: https://github.com/Jaharmi/psumac2017_python.git
Keynote Live: http://bit.ly/psumac2017_python
Practical Python for Mac admins
Jeremy Reichman
@jaharmi
Tamman Technologies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Special thanks
Nate Walck
@natewalck
Greater Philadelphia
Mac Admins
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Assumptions
‣ You will be using macOS
‣ You will use the bundled system Python
‣ Can install or update Python yourself
‣ But system Python is special
Why Python?
Used beyond macOS
Popular and still growing
Why Python?
Programming
2017 2012 2007 2002 1997 1992 1987
Language
Python 5 7 6 11 27 - -
TIOBE Index for June 2017: Very Long Term History
https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
Why Python?
‣ Easy to learn
‣ Designed as a beginner’s language
‣ Readable code (in English)
‣ Linting to verify code
Why Python?
‣ Powerful
‣ “Batteries included”
‣ Handles spaces, entities, Unicode
‣ Scales up to complex objects, programs