Python

Name: Python
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ISBN: 9780672328626

ISBN-10: 0672328623

ISBN-13: 9780672328626

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: David M. Beazley

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Python is a general purpose programming language used in nearly all application domains. This bookis a comprehensive reference to the Python programming language. The focus of the 3rd edition is to add coverage of significant new features and new library modules added to the language over the past five years. These features include new style classes, unification of types and classes, xmlrpclip, intertools, bz2 and optparse, making it the most up-to-date Python book on the market. Python is a stable language used in the real world by companies such as Yahoo and Industrial Lightand Magic.

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Sams
Publication date: 2/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 648
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

David Beazley(Chicago, IL) has been programming Python since 1996, and helped pioneer the use of Python with scientific computing software while working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Through his company, Dabeaz LLC, he provides software development, training, and consulting related to the practical use of dynamic programming languages such as Python, Ruby, and Perl, especially in systems programming. He is author of all previous editions of Python Essential Reference, and was contributing author of Steve Holden's Python Web Programming. Beazley holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah, and served as professor of computer science at the University of Chicago.




A tutorial introduction



Lexical conventions and syntax



Types and objects



Operators and expressions



Control flow



Functions and functional programming



Classes and object-oriented programming



Modules and packages



Input and output



Execution environment



Introduction to the Python Standard Library



Built-in functions and exceptions



Python runtime services



Mathematics



Data structures and algorithms



String and text handling



Data management and object persistence



File handling



Operating system services



Threads



Network programming



Internet application protocols



Internet data handling and encoding



Cryptographic services



Miscellaneous modules



Debugging, profiling, and testing



Extending and embedding Python