Python in a Nutshell
Python in a Nutshell By Alex Martelli
March 2003
Pages: 654

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapter | Colophon

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started with Python

    1. Chapter 1 Introduction to Python

      1. The Python Language
      2. The Python Standard Library and Extension Modules
      3. Python Implementations
      4. Python Development and Versions
      5. Python Resources

    2. Chapter 2 Installation

      1. Installing Python from Source Code
      2. Installing Python from Binaries
      3. Installing Jython

    3. Chapter 3 The Python Interpreter

      1. The python Program
      2. Python Development Environments
      3. Running Python Programs
      4. The Jython Interpreter

  2. Core Python Language and Built-ins

    1. Chapter 4 The Python Language

      1. Lexical Structure
      2. Data Types
      3. Variables and Other References
      4. Expressions and Operators
      5. Numeric Operations
      6. Sequence Operations
      7. Dictionary Operations
      8. The print Statement
      9. Control Flow Statements
      10. Functions

    2. Chapter 5 Object-Oriented Python

      1. Classic Classes and Instances
      2. New-Style Classes and Instances
      3. Special Methods
      4. Metaclasses

    3. Chapter 6 Exceptions

      1. The try Statement
      2. Exception Propagation
      3. The raise Statement
      4. Exception Objects
      5. Custom Exception Classes
      6. Error-Checking Strategies

    4. Chapter 7 Modules

      1. Module Objects
      2. Module Loading
      3. Packages
      4. The Distribution Utilities (distutils)

    5. Chapter 8 Core Built-ins

      1. Built-in Types
      2. Built-in Functions
      3. The sys Module
      4. The getopt Module
      5. The copy Module
      6. The bisect Module
      7. The UserList, UserDict, and UserString Modules

    6. Chapter 9 Strings and Regular Expressions

      1. Methods of String Objects
      2. The string Module
      3. String Formatting
      4. The pprint Module
      5. The repr Module
      6. Unicode
      7. Regular Expressions and the re Module

  3. Python Library and Extension Modules

    1. Chapter 10 File and Text Operations

      1. The os Module
      2. Filesystem Operations
      3. File Objects
      4. Auxiliary Modules for File I/O
      5. The StringIO and cStringIO Modules
      6. Compressed Files
      7. Text Input and Output
      8. Richer-Text I/O
      9. Interactive Command Sessions
      10. Internationalization

    2. Chapter 11 Persistence and Databases

      1. Serialization
      2. DBM Modules
      3. The Berkeley DB Module
      4. The Python Database API (DBAPI) 2.0

    3. Chapter 12 Time Operations

      1. The time Module
      2. The sched Module
      3. The calendar Module
      4. The mx.DateTime Module

    4. Chapter 13 Controlling Execution

      1. Dynamic Execution and the exec Statement
      2. Restricted Execution
      3. Internal Types
      4. Garbage Collection
      5. Termination Functions
      6. Site and User Customization

    5. Chapter 14 Threads and Processes

      1. Threads in Python
      2. The thread Module
      3. The Queue Module
      4. The threading Module
      5. Threaded Program Architecture
      6. Process Environment
      7. Running Other Programs
      8. The mmap Module

    6. Chapter 15 Numeric Processing

      1. The math and cmath Modules
      2. The operator Module
      3. The random Module
      4. The array Module
      5. The Numeric Package
      6. Array Objects
      7. Universal Functions (ufuncs)
      8. Optional Numeric Modules

    7. Chapter 16 Tkinter GUIs

      1. Tkinter Fundamentals
      2. Widget Fundamentals
      3. Commonly Used Simple Widgets
      4. Container Widgets
      5. Menus
      6. The Text Widget
      7. The Canvas Widget
      8. Geometry Management
      9. Tkinter Events

    8. Chapter 17 Testing, Debugging, and Optimizing

      1. Testing
      2. Debugging
      3. The warnings Module
      4. Optimization

  4. Network and Web Programming

    1. Chapter 18 Client-Side Network Protocol Modules

      1. URL Access
      2. Email Protocols
      3. The HTTP and FTP Protocols
      4. Network News
      5. Telnet
      6. Distributed Computing

    2. Chapter 19 Sockets and Server-Side Network Protocol Modules

      1. The socket Module
      2. The SocketServer Module
      3. Event-Driven Socket Programs

    3. Chapter 20 CGI Scripting and Alternatives

      1. CGI in Python
      2. Cookies
      3. Other Server-Side Approaches

    4. Chapter 21 MIME and Network Encodings

      1. Encoding Binary Data as Text
      2. MIME and Email Format Handling

    5. Chapter 22 Structured Text: HTML

      1. The sgmllib Module
      2. The htmllib Module
      3. The HTMLParser Module
      4. Generating HTML

    6. Chapter 23 Structured Text: XML

      1. An Overview of XML Parsing
      2. Parsing XML with SAX
      3. Parsing XML with DOM
      4. Changing and Generating XML

  5. Extending and Embedding

    1. Chapter 24 Extending and Embedding Classic Python

      1. Extending Python with Python's C API
      2. Extending Python Without Python's C API
      3. Embedding Python

    2. Chapter 25 Extending and Embedding Jython

      1. Importing Java Packages in Jython
      2. Embedding Jython in Java
      3. Compiling Python into Java

    3. Chapter 26 Distributing Extensions and Programs

      1. Python's distutils
      2. The py2exe Tool
      3. The Installer Tool

  1. Colophon

Return to Python in a Nutshell