Do you need a quick way to generate OpenSSL self-signed certificates for your local projects? In this article, we'll show you how to create a utility that automates the process. You'll find the code you need to get started quickly and easily. This solution was developed as part of a script to set up self-signed certificates and virtual hosts on an Apache 2.4 installation on Windows. First Step, Installing OpenSSL Before we ...
Someone came into the Dream.In.Code forums the other day asking about batch renaming of files using Python. I thought I would work out the example for everyone to see and create something that they could add to their own personal libraries of code. Python makes this pretty easy to do using "os" and "os.path" but one tricky part I found was dealing with the method isdir() and similar functions which ...
In today's blog post I am going to review two books on Python. I decided to do two because both of these books are essentially reference books from the Developer's Library series by Addison Wesley publishing. The first book I will be reviewing is titled "Python Essential Reference, Fourth Edition" by David M. Beazley. It is a bit of an oldie (2009) but I think is a great reference book ...
