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Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object-oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications. It is now being used by an increasing number of major organizations, including NASA and Google.
Updated for Python 2.4, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition offers a wealth of useful code for all Python programmers, not just advanced practitioners. Like its predecessor, the new edition provides solutions to problems that Python programmers face everyday.
It now includes over 200 recipes that range from simple tasks, such as working with dictionaries and list comprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring a network and building a templating system. This revised version also includes new chapters on topics such as time, money, and metaprogramming.
Here's a list of additional topics covered:
With scores of practical examples and pertinent background information, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition is the one source you need if you're looking to build efficient, flexible, scalable, and well-integrated systems.
PrefaceChapter 1: TextChapter 2: FilesChapter 3: Time and MoneyChapter 4: Python ShortcutsChapter 5: Searching and SortingChapter 6: Object-Oriented ProgrammingChapter 7: Persistence and DatabasesChapter 8: Debugging and TestingChapter 9: Processes, Threads, and SynchronizationChapter 10: System AdministrationChapter 11: User InterfacesChapter 12: Processing XMLChapter 13: Network ProgrammingChapter 14: Web ProgrammingChapter 15: Distributed ProgrammingChapter 16: Programs About ProgramsChapter 17: Extending and EmbeddingChapter 18: AlgorithmsChapter 19: Iterators and GeneratorsChapter 20: Descriptors, Decorators,and MetaclassesColophon
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Posted August 2, 2011
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Posted February 5, 2009
I started reading through the Python Cookbook as a beginner with very little experience in Python but fluent in several other languages ranging from Object Oriented to Functional languages. I found the book was very good to learn from by example. I would recommend it to anyone who has had programming experience before and is just starting out on Python to quickly grasp new areas of the language. I would also recommend this to intermediate Python programmers as a resource for being able to quickly identify common problems and elegant solutions to them. I found the book very easy to understand, despite my lack of prior exposure to the language and I felt like it was a very good learning experience. I'm looking forward to using Python more for my day to day tasks now that I have been introduced to many examples of how powerful a language it can really be.
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Posted October 21, 2002
This book is more like _Effective_C++_ than a cookbook. Each item is more than a code snippet to solve a specific problem, though said snippets abound. The author of each short bit goes into illuminating depth about their chosen topic. I've been programming in Python since 1.3 and I learned several new things in the first several pages! I've not yet finished it, but I did go ahead and read a few "recipies" from each chapter before posting this review. As an added bonus, each chapter is introduced by a Python luminary. Bottom line: This book will sit on my desk, not on my shelf.
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Overview
Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object-oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications. It is now being used by an increasing number of major organizations, including NASA and Google.
Updated for Python 2.4, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition offers a wealth of useful code for all Python programmers, not just advanced practitioners. Like its predecessor, the new...