Python4Kids New Tutorial: Consolidation and CryptoPyThy | Linux Today

Python4Kids New Tutorial: Consolidation and CryptoPyThy

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 18, 2010

[ Thanks to Brendan Scott for this
link. ]

“Enter CryptoPyThy

“In retrospect, this is probably a bit too much to cover without
a breather. However, we’ve now got a good slice of the basic
concepts down and are able to write a program which will make use
of them. I’m calling it CryptoPyThy (‘crypt-oh-pih-thee’) and we
can use it to make secret messages that no one else can read. What
we will do is write some code which:

* asks for a message to encrypt (or decrypt);

* takes that message and passes it to an encryption
function;

* the encryption function breaks it down to each character in
the message;”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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