Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition

Preface

As Charles Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities, "It was the best of times, it was the worse of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." His seemingly contradictory words perfectly describe the chaos and mood felt during a time of change and transition. We are no doubt experiencing a similar time with the rapid changes in the fields of network engineering. As software development becomes more integrated into all aspects of networking, the traditional command-line interface and vertically integrated network stack methods are no longer the best ways to manage today's networks. For network engineers, the changes we are seeing are full of excitement and opportunities and yet challenging, particularly for those ...