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Python Pocket Reference, Second Edition

By
Mark Lutz
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
November 2001
Pages:
128

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Description
The Python Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition covers the latest Python release 2.2. It is a short, concise reference for the Python programming language, and its most commonly used libraries and tools. Designed to be a quick and easy to use resource for developers, this book serves as a natural companion to O'Reilly's Learning Python and Programming Python, 2nd Edition. This edition includes new summary material for Python's GUI, Internet, and database programming tools.
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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Python Pocket Reference

    1. Introduction

    2. Conventions

    3. Command-Line Options

    4. Environment Variables

    5. Built-in Types and Operators

    6. Specific Built-in Types

    7. Statements and Syntax

    8. Specific Statements

    9. Namespace and Scope Rules

    10. Object-Oriented Programming

    11. Operator Overloading Methods

    12. Built-in Functions

    13. Built-in Exceptions

    14. Built-in Attributes

    15. Built-in Modules

    16. The sys Interpreter Module

    17. The string Module and Methods

    18. The os System Module

    19. The re Pattern-Matching Module

    20. Object Persistence Modules

    21. Tkinter GUI Module and Tools

    22. Internet Modules and Tools

    23. Other Built-in Modules

    24. Major Python/C API Tools

    25. Python Portable SQL Database API

    26. Python Idioms and Hints

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    Product Details
    Title:
    Python Pocket Reference, Second Edition
    By:
    Mark Lutz
    Publisher:
    O'Reilly Media
    Formats:
    • Print
    • Safari Books Online
    Print Release:
    November 2001
    Pages:
    128
    Print ISBN:
    978-0-596-00189-6
    | ISBN 10:
    0-596-00189-4
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    About the Author

    1. Mark Lutz

      Mark Lutz is an independent Python trainer, writer, and software developer, and is one of the primary figures in the Python community. He is the author of the O'Reilly books Programming Python and Python Pocket Reference (both in 2nd Editions), and co-author of Learning Python (both in 2nd Editions). Mark has been involved with Python since 1992, began teaching Python classes in 1997, and has instructed over 90 Python training sessions as of early 2003. In addition, he holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, and over the last two decades has worked on compilers, programming tools, scripting applications, and assorted client/server systems. Whenever Mark gets a break from spreading the Python word, he leads an ordinary, average life with his kids in Colorado. Mark can be reached by email at , or on the web at http://www.rmi.net/~lutz.

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