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Book Description
Ask any Python aficionado and you'll hear that Python programmers have it all: an elegant language that offers object-oriented programming support, a readable, maintainable syntax, integration with C components, and an enormous collection of precoded standard library and extension modules. Moreover, Python is easy to learn but powerful enough to take on the most ambitious programming challenges. But what Python programmers have lacked is one concise and clear reference resource, with the appropriate measure of guidance in how best to use Python's great power. Now Python in a Nutshell fills this need.

In the tradition of O'Reilly's "In a Nutshell" series, this book offers Python programmers one place to look when they need help remembering or deciphering the syntax of this open source language and its many modules. This comprehensive reference guide makes it easy to look up all the most frequently needed information--not just about the Python language itself, but also the most frequently used parts of the standard library and the most important third-party extensions.

Python in a Nutshell focuses on Python 2.2 (and all its point releases), currently the most stable and widespread Python release. This book includes:

A fast-paced tutorial on the syntax of the Python language itself

An explanation of object-oriented programming in Python, covering both the classic and new-style object models

Coverage of other core topics, including exceptions, modules, strings, and regular expressions

A quick reference for Python's built-in types and functions, as well as the key modules in the Python standard library, including sys, os, time, thread, math, and socket, among many others

Reference material on important third-party extensions, such as Numeric and Tkinter

Information about extending Python and embedding it into other applications

Python in a Nutshell provides a solid, no-nonsense quick reference to information that programmers rely on the most. This latest addition to the best-selling "In a Nutshell" series will immediately earn its place in any Python programmer's library.

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In the tradition of O'Reilly's "In a Nutshell" series, this book offers Python programmers help remembering or deciphering the syntax of this open source language and its many modules. This comprehensive reference guide should make it easy to look up all the most frequently needed information - not just about the Python language itself, but also the most frequently used parts of the standard library and the most important third-party extensions. The book includes: a fast-paced tutorial on the syntax of the Python language itself; an explanation of object-oriented programming in Python, covering both the classic and new-style object models; coverage of other core topics, including exceptions, modules, strings, and regular expressions; a quick reference for Python's built-in types and functions, as well as the key modules in the Python standard library, including sys, os, time, thread, math, and socket, among many others; reference material on important third-party extensions, such as Numeric and Tkinter; and information about extending Python and embedding it into other applications.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   23 of 24 people found the following review helpful: A masterpiece of style and economy, 2 Jul 2003 By  Chris Williams - See all my reviews    This is an incredibly good book and covers an enormous amount of ground. You get a potted history of the Python language, a language overview, a guide to OOP and exception handling, modular programming, file manipulation, string manipulation, database programming, threading, GUI development, web development and much, much more. Suprisingly, you can pretty much learn the Python language from the coverage in this book (which is generally not the case for Nutshell books which are aimed by-and-large at the technically savvy). Credit also to the author for his exceptionally clear and concise writing style (which is even more impressive when you consider that Italian is his first language). This may be the only Python book you'll ever need. Certainly it should be the first that you buy.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: An excellent overview and superb reference, 31 Aug 2003 By  "lunadog93" - See all my reviews I had been interested in learning python for some time and had tried to wade through the online documentation. Although this was good, it was not quite enough to get me up and running.. This book filled the gap. Although it goes quite quickly in terms of its coverage of different subjects, there is enough to start programming in Python in this book alone, and it has enough detail to stay useful up to the highest levels of expertise. Read in combination with the online python documentation, it is all you need to start programming in Python and to continue improving. Excellently written, concise and up to date. Recommended.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   3 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Python Must Have, 5 Nov 2003 By  Dave Whiteley (Leeds, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews This is the book you need to have in your hand when coding Python. It was clearly written by somebody who has "done it", not just read the docs. Read This Fine Manual  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 5 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Great python reference... Python in a Nutshell is a excellent reference book, all python programmer must have one in the desk. Read more Published 14 months ago by Valerio Valerio Good, but aged & slightly too condensed The book is good in such a sense that it covers almost all areas on python programming. The book describes what 'can be done' in python, in probably all relevant areas of... Read more Published 16 months ago by P. Smidt Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 5 customer reviews...