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Beginning Python

From Novice to Professional

Apress
  • Totaling 900 pages and covering all of the topics important to new and intermediate users, Beginning Python is intended to be the most comprehensive book on the Python ever written
  • The 15 sample projects in Beginning Python are attractive to novice programmers interested in learning by creating applications of timely interest, such as a P2P file-sharing application, Web-based bulletin-board, and an arcade game similar to the classic Space Invaders

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
  2. Lists and Tuples

    Pages 31-52
  3. Working with Strings

    Pages 53-66
  4. Abstraction

    Pages 109-138
  5. More Abstraction

    Pages 139-158
  6. Exceptions

    Pages 159-171
  7. Batteries Included

    Pages 203-253
  8. Files and Stuff

    Pages 255-268
  9. Database Support

    Pages 285-295
  10. Network Programming

    Pages 297-312
  11. Python and the Web

    Pages 313-339
  12. Extending Python

    Pages 357-371
  13. Packaging Your Programs

    Pages 373-380
  14. Playful Programming

    Pages 381-389

About this book

Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional is the most comprehensive book on the Python ever written. Based on Practical Python, this newly-revised book is both an introduction and practical reference for a swath of Python-related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services. Advanced topics, such as extending Python and packaging/distributing Python applications, are also covered.

Ten different projects illustrate the concepts introduced in the book. You will learn how to create a P2P file-sharing application and a web-based bulletin board, and how to remotely edit web-based documents and create games. Author Magnus Lie Hetland is an authority on Python and previously authored Practical Python. He also authored the popular online guide, Instant Python Hacking, on which both books are based.

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