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Python Programming: The Complete Documentation

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• The last paper was added on 2007-03-26 (YYYY-MM-DD)

Curses Programming with Python

Published on , by A.M. Kuchling, Eric S. Raymond, ©A.M. Kuchling, Eric S. Raymond.

This document describes how to write text-mode programs with Python 2.x, using the curses extension module to control the display.

Dive Into Python

Published on July 28, 2002, by Mark Pilgrim, ©diveintopython.org.

Dive Into Python is a free Python book for experienced programmers. You can read the book online, or download it in a variety of formats. It is also available in multiple languages.

General Python FAQ

Published on 2004-01-18, by , ©Python Software Foundation.

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. It incorporates modules, exceptions, dynamic typing, very high level dynamic data types, and classes. Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various window systems, and is extensible in C or C++. It is also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface. Finally, Python is portable: it runs on many Unix variants, on the Mac, and on PCs under MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, and OS/2.

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - sLearning with Python

Published on July 28, 2002, by Allen B. Downey, Jeffrey Elkner and Chris Meyers, ©diveintopython.org.

As an educator, researcher, and book author, I am delighted to see the completion of this book. Python is a fun and extremely easy-to-use programming language that has steadily gained in popularity over the last few years. Developed over ten years ago by Guido van Rossum, Python's simple syntax and overall feel is largely derived from ABC, a teaching language that was developed in the 1980's. However, Python was also created to solve real problems and it borrows a wide variety of features from programming languages such as C++, Java, Modula-3, and Scheme. Because of this, one of Python's most remarkable features is its broad appeal to professional software developers, scientists, researchers, artists, and educators.

Interactive Debugging in Python

Published on 2005-09-01, by Jeremy Jones, ©O'Reilly Media, Inc..

Programmers typically place debuggers in the uh oh corner of their toolboxes, somewhere between the network packet sniffer and the disassembler. The only time we reach for a debugger is when something goes wrong or breaks and our standard debugging techniques such as print statements (or better yet, log messages) do not reveal the root of the problem. The Python standard library contains an interactive source code debugger which suits uh oh situations well.

Introduction to Tkinter

Published on 1999, by Fredrik Lundh, ©Fredrik Lundh.

The Tkinter module ("Tk interface") is the standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit from Scriptics (formerly developed by Sun Labs). Both Tk and Tkinter are available on most Unix platforms, as well as on Windows and Macintosh systems. Starting with the 8.0 release, Tk offers native look and feel on all platforms. Tkinter consists of a number of modules. The Tk interface is located in a binary module named _tkinter (this was tkinter in earlier versions). This module contains the low-level interface to Tk, and should never be used directly by application programmers. It is usually a shared library (or DLL), but might in some cases be statically linked with the Python interpreter.

PyGTK 2.0 Tutorial version 1.2

Published on Oct 7, 2003, by John Finlay, John Finlay.

This tutorial describes the use of the Python PyGTK module.

Python Advocacy HOWTO

Published on , by A.M. Kuchling, A.M. Kuchling.

It's usually difficult to get your management to accept open source software, and Python is no exception to this rule. This document discusses reasons to use Python, strategies for winning acceptance, facts and arguments you can use, and cases where you shouldn't try to use Python.

Python Standard Logging

Published on 2005-06-02, by Jeremy Jones, ©O'Reilly Media, Inc..

Python 2.3 introduced the logging module to the Python standard library. logging provides a standard interface for outputting information from a running application. The classic example of a logging mechanism is writing data to a text file, which is a plain old log file. While the log file is likely the most common form of logging, the logging module provides the ability to send information to file-like objects, TCP and UDP sockets, email servers, the Unix syslog, the NT event log, memory buffers, and HTTP servers in addition to real files.

Python Tutorial

Published on October 3, 2003, by Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, ©PythonLabs.

Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language. It has efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective approach to object-oriented programming. Python's elegant syntax and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development in many areas on most platforms.

Regular Expression HOWTO

Published on , by A.M. Kuchling, ©A.M. Kuchling.

This document is an introductory tutorial to using regular expressions in Python with the re module. It provides a gentler introduction than the corresponding section in the Library Reference.

Socket Programming HOWTO

Published on , by Gordon McMillan, ©Gordon McMillan.

Sockets are used nearly everywhere, but are one of the most severely misunderstood technologies around. This is a 10,000 foot overview of sockets. It's not really a tutorial - you'll still have work to do in getting things operational. It doesn't cover the fine points (and there are a lot of them), but I hope it will give you enough background to begin using them decently.

Sorting Mini-HOWTO

Published on , by Andrew Dalke, ©Andrew Dalke.

This document is a little tutorial showing a half dozen ways to sort a list with the built-in sort() method.

Tkinter: GUI programming with Python

Published on , by John Shipman, John Shipman.

Python is an excellent vehicle for developing GUI applications on the X-Window system. Its interface is called Tkinter and is based on the Tk widget set.