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Cracking Codes with Python: An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers

Cracking Codes with Python: An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers

Cracking Codes with Python: An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers
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Cracking Codes with Python: An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers Paperback - 2018

by Sweigart, Al

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No Starch Press, 1/23/2018 12:00:01 A. paperback. Like New. 1.1024 in x 9.1732 in x 7.0472 in. like new softcover. no marks. clean text. solid binding. very light wear. ISBN matches listing.
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  • Title Cracking Codes with Python: An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers
  • Author Sweigart, Al
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher No Starch Press
  • Publication date 1/23/2018 12:00:01 A
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000185987
  • ISBN 9781593278229 / 1593278225
  • Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 7 x 0.9 in (23.11 x 17.78 x 2.29 cm)
  • Size 1.1024 in x 9.1732 in x 7.0472 i
  • Age range 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 1150
  • Category Computers - Languages / Programming
  • Library of Congress subjects Computer security, Data encryption (Computer science)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017035704
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.87
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

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 Vigenre cipher. You'll begin with simple programs for the reverse and Caesar ciphers and then work your way up to public key cryptography, the type of encryption used to secure today's online transactions, including digital signatures, email, and Bitcoin.

Each program includes the full code and a line-by-line explanation of how things work. By the end of the book, you'll have learned how to code in Python and you'll have the clever programs to prove it!

You'll also learn how to:

- Combine loops, variables, and flow control statements into real working programs
- Use dictionary files to instantly detect whether decrypted messages are valid English or gibberish
- Create test programs to make sure that your code encrypts and decrypts correctly
- Code (and hack!) a working example of the affine cipher, which uses modular arithmetic to encrypt a message
- Break ciphers with techniques such as brute-force and frequency analysis

There's no better way to learn to code than to play with real programs. Cracking Codes with Python makes the learning fun!

About the author

Al Sweigart is 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 at inventwithpython.com.

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