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Overview

Ask any Python aficionado and you'll hear that Python programmers have it all: an elegant language that offers object-oriented programming support, a readable, maintainable syntax, integration with C components, and an enormous collection of precoded standard library and extension modules. Moreover, Python is easy to learn but powerful enough to take on the most ambitious programming challenges. But what Python programmers have lacked is one concise and clear reference resource, with the appropriate measure of guidance in how best to use Python's great power. Now Python in a Nutshell fills this need.

In the tradition of O'Reilly's "In a Nutshell" series, this book offers Python programmers one place to look when they need help remembering or deciphering the syntax of this open source language and its many modules. This comprehensive reference guide makes it easy to look up all the most frequently needed information—not just about the Python language itself, but also the most frequently used parts of the standard library and the most important third-party extensions.

Python in a Nutshell focuses on Python 2.2 (and all its point releases), currently the most stable and widespread Python release. This book includes:

  • A fast-paced tutorial on the syntax of the Python language itself
  • An explanation of object-oriented programming in Python, covering both the classic and new-style object models
  • Coverage of other core topics, including exceptions, modules, strings, and regular expressions
  • A quick reference for Python's built-in types and functions, as well as the key modules in the Python standard library, including sys, os, time, thread, math, and socket, among many others
  • Reference material on important third-party extensions, such as Numeric and Tkinter
  • Information about extending Python and embedding it into other applications
Python in a Nutshell provides a solid, no-nonsense quick reference to information that programmers rely on the most. This latest addition to the best-selling "In a Nutshell" series will immediately earn its place in any Python programmer's library.

Revised and expanded for Python 2.5, this book now contains the details of Python's new subprocess module and the latest from Microsofts' IronPython project. This easy scripting language comes with a huge library that is enormously rich with highlights of all modules and functions which cover well over 90 percent of users' practical programming needs.

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Perhaps the best book about Python ever written, this is the perfect capstone to anyone's library of Pythonic books, and also the perfect introduction to Python for anyone well versed in other programming languages.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780596001889
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 2/1/2003
  • Series: In a Nutshell (O'Reilly) Series
  • Edition description: Older Edition
  • Pages: 656
  • Product dimensions: 6.02 (w) x 9.14 (h) x 1.14 (d)

Meet the Author

Alex Martelli spent 8 years with IBM Research, winning three Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards. He then spent 13 as a Senior Software Consultant at think3 inc, developing libraries, network protocols, GUI engines, event frameworks, and web access frontends. He has also taught programming languages, development methods, and numerical computing at Ferrara University and other venues. He's a C++ MVP for Brainbench, and a member of the Python Software Foundation. He currently works for AB Strakt, a Python-centered software house in Gteborg, Sweden, mostly by telecommuting from his home in Bologna, Italy. Alex's proudest achievement is the articles that appeared in Bridge World (January/February 2000), which were hailed as giant steps towards solving issues that had haunted contract bridge theoreticians for decades.

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Table of Contents

PrefaceGetting Started with PythonChapter 1: Introduction to PythonChapter 2: InstallationChapter 3: The Python InterpreterCore Python Language and Built-insChapter 4: The Python LanguageChapter 5: Object-Oriented PythonChapter 6: ExceptionsChapter 7: ModulesChapter 8: Core Built-insChapter 9: Strings and Regular ExpressionsPython Library and Extension ModulesChapter 10: File and Text OperationsChapter 11: Persistence and DatabasesChapter 12: Time OperationsChapter 13: Controlling ExecutionChapter 14: Threads and ProcessesChapter 15: Numeric ProcessingChapter 16: Tkinter GUIsChapter 17: Testing, Debugging, and OptimizingNetwork and Web ProgrammingChapter 18: Client-Side Network Protocol ModulesChapter 19: Sockets and Server-Side Network Protocol ModulesChapter 20: CGI Scripting and AlternativesChapter 21: MIME and Network EncodingsChapter 22: Structured Text: HTMLChapter 23: Structured Text: XMLExtending and EmbeddingChapter 24: Extending and Embedding Classic PythonChapter 25: Extending and Embedding JythonChapter 26: Distributing Extensions and ProgramsColophon

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  • Anonymous

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    Great for Teaching and for Reference

    This book is great to have nearby when doing any serious (or even non-serious) Python work. Beginners can use the book to help them get started quickly while more experienced users can quickly use it to refresh their memory. As a Python instructor, I strongly recommend this book to students and anyone wanting to learn the language (sadly, we can't hand it out as a course textbook these days). As a Python programmer, I recommend that one keep it handy as reference, and nearby whenever doing any Python work.

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