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Getting Started with pyControl v2: Understanding the TypeFactory

In this video, Matt Cauthorn dives into the importance of the typefactory in pyControl v2.    
Published Dec 14, 2009
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May 16, 2013
hi Forest, if you're new to pycontrol, I'd recommend the bigsuds library, which is newer and has several advantages over pycontrol.

 

 

Check out bigsuds here: https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/getting-started-with-bigsudsndasha-new-python-library-for-icontrol