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Python for security automation

Intermediate2 sections · 5 lessons · ~2h total · 12-question self-test

01

Projects & safe I/O

3 lessonsTest yourself

01Project layout and venvsIsolated, reproducible, not on the system Python.20 min 02Calling APIs safelyrequests, auth, timeouts, retries.25 min 03Parsing logs at scaleGenerators and streaming over read-it-all.30 min

02

CLIs & dependency hygiene

2 lessonsTest yourself

01CLI tools with argparseFlags, exit codes, and --dry-run.25 min 02Dependency hygieneLockfiles, pip-audit, and minimal requirements.20 min

Final exam

Test yourself on everything

12 questions drawn from all 2 sections — every answer explained as you pick.

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