Python in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded (Softcover)
Python in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded (Softcover)
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From the back cover: "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 powerful but scantily documented modules. This comprehensive reference guide makes it easy to look up 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, Second Edition, covers more than the language itself; it also deals with the most frequently used parts of the standard library, and the most popular and important third party extensions. Revised and expanded for Python 2.5, this book now contains the gory details of Python's new subprocess module and breaking news about Microsoft's new IronPython project. Our 'Nutshell' format fits Python perfectly by presenting the highlights of the most important modules and functions in its standard library, which cover over 90 percent of your practical programming needs.
"This books includes:
- A fast-paced tutorial on the syntax of the Python language
- An explanation of object-oriented programming in Python
- Coverage of iterators, generators, exceptions, modules, packages, strings, and regular expressions
- A quick reference for Python's built-in types and functions and key modules
- Reference material on important third-party extensions, such as Numeric and Tkinter
- Information about extending and embedding Python
BRIEF CONTENTS
- Preface
- Part I. Getting Started with Python
- 1. Introduction to Python
- 2. Installation
- 3. The Python Interpreter
- Part II. Core Python Language and Built-ins
- 4. The Python Language
- 5. Object-Oriented Python
- 6. Exceptions
- 7. Modules
- 8. Core Built-ins
- 9. Strings and Regular Expressions
- Part III. Python Library and Extension Modules
- 10. File and Text Operations
- 11. Persistence and Databases
- 12. Time Operations
- 13. Controlling Execution
- 14. Threads and Processes
- 15. Numeric Processing
- 16. Array Processing
- 17. Tkinter GUIs
- 18. Testing, Debugging, and Optimizing
- Part IV. Network and Web Programming
- 19. Client-Side Network Protocol Modules
- 20. Sockets and Server-Side Network Protocol Modules
- 21. CGI Scripting and Alternatives
- 22. MIME and Network Encodings
- 23. Structured Text: HTML
- 24. Structured Text: XML
- Part V. Extending and Embedding
- 25. Extending and Embedding Classic Python
- 26. Extending and Embedding Jython
- 27. Distributing Extensions and Programs
- Index
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PUBLISHER: O'Reilly Media
ISBN-13: 9780596100469
ISBN-10: 0596100469