Our Philosophy
As a lifelong technologist, I was exposed to computers at an early age, learning how to program on various Commodore and Apple computers. I also excelled at mathematics and ended up teaching both starting in high school. I obtained degrees in both math and computer science plus a minor in music, all while teaching on the side. Education became a parallel career path for me as I have taught for three different University of California campuses. After spending some time as a network engineer at Sun Microsystems, I joined a small company named Four11 and was exposed to Python for the first time in 1997. It was here that we built what was to become Yahoo!Mail using Python. Since then, I've been working full-time using Python as a software architect for 15 consecutive years.
As a new Python enthusiast, I had been seeking a great book to learn the language from, but nothing like that existed at that time. Not being able to resist scratching my own itch, I wrote Core Python Programming, a combination of a comprehensive textbook as well as a pseudo-reference to help programmers learn Python as quickly and as in-depth as possible. Unlike other trainers out there, I bring to the table an unbeatable combination of being an experienced engineer that has built software used by millions, 25+ years of teaching experience, and being a published author of three Python books. In my comprehensive courses, I bring all of this to bear to provide the best possible Python training and software engineering in the market today.
At the end of the day, the question is whether you really need Python training or not. If Python is so simple, why not learn it from a book or watching videos online? I agree with this statement. If you're just after Python's syntax, you can learn this on your own or choose from any of the other Python trainers out there. My mission isn't (just) to teach you Python syntax... my goal is to produce solid Python programmers!
About Wesley Chun
WESLEY J. CHUN, MSCS, is the author of Prentice Hall's bestseller, Core Python Programming, its video training course, Python Fundamentals (LiveLessons DVD), co-author of Python Web Development with Django, and has written for Linux Journal, CNET, and InformIT. In addition to being a software architect and Sr. Developer Advocate at Google, he runs CyberWeb, a consulting business specializing in Python training and engineering. Wesley has over 25 years of programming, teaching, and writing experience, including more than a decade of Python. While at Yahoo!, he helped create Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! People Search using Python. Wesley has also held engineering positions at Sun, HP, Cisco (IronPort), EMC (Legato), Rockwell, and Xilinx. He holds degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Music from the University of California.
About CyberWeb Consulting
CyberWeb is a consultancy dedicated to expert Python education and engineering. It was founded in 1995 by bestselling author Wesley Chun to teach Python to developers worldwide, whether it be via bestselling Python books, technical articles & blogposts, private corporate training, publicly-offered courses, or sessions at conferences and events worldwide. Other consulting services include software engineering, market analysis, source code review, and technical documentation. CyberWeb is currently based in Northern California in the heart of Silicon Valley.
