Ebook: Python in a Nutshell

This book offers Python programmers one place to look when they needhelp remembering or deciphering the syntax of this open source languageand its many powerful but scantily documented modules. Thiscomprehensive reference guide makes it easy to look up the mostfrequently needed information--not just about the Python languageitself, but also the most frequently used parts of the standard libraryand the most important third-party extensions. Ask any Python aficionado and you'll hear that Python programmers haveit all: an elegant object-oriented language with readable andmaintainab.;Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; How This Book Is Organized; Part I, Getting Started with Python; Part II, Core Python Language and Built-ins; Part III, Python Library and Extension Modules; Part IV, Network and Web Programming; Part V, Extending and Embedding; Conventions Used in This Book; Reference Conventions; Typographic Conventions; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Safari® Enabled; Acknowledgments; I; Chapter 1. Introduction to Python; The Python Language; The Python Standard Library and Extension Modules; Python Implementations; CPython; Jython; IronPython.