Ganesh Sanjiv Naik - Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators

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Ganesh Sanjiv Naik is an author, consultant, and corporate trainer in the fields of AI, data science, machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and embedded Linux in relation to product development. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in information technology. Ganesh has a passion and a deep desire for teaching. He has trained 2,000+ engineers in Linux and Android product development. He has worked as a corporate trainer for the ISRO, Intel, GE, Samsung, Motorola, Penang Skill Development Center (Malaysia), and various companies in Singapore, Malaysia, and India. He has started a company called Levana Technologies, which works in AI, machine learning, and data science, providing training, projects, and consultancy activities.

Yogendra Sharma is a developer with experience in the architecture, design, and development of scalable and distributed applications, with a core interest in microservices and Spring. He is currently working as an IoT and cloud architect at Intelizign Engineering Services Pvt, Pune. He also has hands-on experience in technologies such as AWS Cloud, IoT, Python, J2SE, J2EE, Node.js, Angular, MongoDB, and Docker. He constantly explores technical novelties, and he is open-minded and eager to learn about new technologies and frameworks. He has reviewed several books and video courses published by Packt Publishing.

Abhijeet Mote has a master's degree in computer application (MCA) from University of Mumbai. He is an open source evangelist and works as a senior software engineer. He has worked in multiple domains, including education, media, and IoT. His hobbies involve work on open source projects, and he loves to give back to the open source community by spreading knowledge of Python and other open source stacks. He conducts training sessions for students, teachers, and enthusiastic developers, and he mentors students for their final year projects. He has been invited to conferences, such as FOSSASIA 2018, and PyGotham, for his contribution in teaching open source technology to enthusiastic developers and underrepresented groups.

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Python has evolved and extended its features toward every possible IT operation. This book will help you leverage the latest features of Python to write effective scripts and create command-line tools (for use when it comes to data types, loops, conditionals, functions, error handling, and more) to administer your environment. This book will revolve around the entire development process, from setup and planning to automated testing and building different command-line tools. This book gets you up and running with everything from basic scripting to using standard library packages. Finally, you will create a large scripting project where you will learn how to plan, implement, and distribute a project based on ideal resources.