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This book describes Python, an open-source general-purpose interpreted programming language available for a broad range of operating systems. There are currently three major implementations: the standard implementation written in C, Jython written in Java, and IronPython written in C# for the .NET environment. There are two common versions currently in use: 2.x and 3.x. This book describes primarily version 2, but does at times reference changes in version 3.

Contents[edit]

Intro[edit]

Overview

Getting Python

Setting it up

Interactive mode

Self Help

Basics[edit]

Creating Python programs

Variables and Strings

Basic syntax

Sequences (Strings, Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets)

Data types

Numbers

Strings

Lists

Tuples

Dictionaries

Sets

Basic Math -- redundant to "Operators"

Operators

Control Flow

Decision Control

Conditional Statements

Loops

Functions

Scoping

Input and output

Files

Text

Modules

Classes

Exceptions

Errors

Source Documentation and Comments

Idioms

Advanced[edit]

Decorators

Context Managers

Reflection

Metaclasses

Namespace

Performance

Tips and Tricks

Modules[edit]

Standard library modules[edit]

Standard Library

Regular Expression

External commands

XML Tools

Email

Threading

Sockets

GUI Programming

Tkinter

CGI interface

WSGI web programming

Extracting info from web pages

Internet

Networks

Math

Third-party modules[edit]

Databases -- to be merged with the following chapter

Database Programming

numpy

Game Programming in Python

Qt4

Dbus

pyFormex

matplotlib

Sorted Container Types

Excel

MS Word

Writing extension modules[edit]

Extending with C

Extending with C++

Extending with Pyrex

Extending with ctypes

Extending with Perl

Appendices[edit]

Popularity

Links

Authors

Library Modules

Naming conventions

See also[edit]

• Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 2.6
• Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3
• Python as a scripting language in GIMP