Python tutorial

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Python tutorial

Part I: Getting Started with Python Chapter 1. Introduction to Python 1.1 The Python Language 1.2 The Python Standard Library and Extension Modules 1.3 Python Implementations 1.4 Python Development and Versions 1.5 Python Resources Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Installing Python from Source Code 2.2 Installing Python from Binaries 2.3 Installing Jython Chapter 3. The Python Interpreter 3.1 The python Program 3.2 Python Development Environments 3.3 Running Python Programs 3.4 The Jython Interpreter Part II: Core Python Language and Built-ins Chapter 4. The Python Language 4.1 Lexical Structure 4.2 Data Types 4.3 Variables and Other References 4.4 Expressions and Operators 4.5 Numeric Operations 4.6 Sequence Operations 4.7 Dictionary Operations 4.8 The print Statement 4.9 Control Flow Statements 4.10 Functions Chapter 5. Object-Oriented Python 5.1 Classic Classes and Instances 5.2 New-Style Classes and Instances 5.3 Special Methods 5.4 Metaclasses Chapter 6. Exceptions 6.1 The try Statement 6.2 Exception Propagation 6.3 The raise Statement 6.4 Exception Objects 6.5 Custom Exception Classes 6.6 Error-Checking Strategies Chapter 7. Modules 7.1 Module Objects 7.2 Module Loading 7.3 Packages 7.4 The Distribution Utilities (distutils) Chapter 8. Core Built-ins 8.1 Built-in Types 8.2 Built-in Functions 8.3 The sys Module 8.4 The getopt Module 8.5 The copy Module 8.6 The bisect Module 8.7 The UserList, UserDict, and UserString Modules Chapter 9. Strings and Regular Expressions 9.1 Methods of String Objects 9.2 The string Module 9.3 String Formatting 9.4 The pprint Module 9.5 The repr Module 9.6 Unicode 9.7 Regular Expressions and the re Module Part III: Python Library and Extension Modules Chapter 10. File and Text Operations 10.1 The os Module 10.2 Filesystem Operations 10.3 File Objects 10.4 Auxiliary Modules for File I/O 10.5 The StringIO and cStringIO Modules 10.6 Compressed Files 10.7 Text Input and Output 10.8 Richer-Text I/O 10.9 Interactive Command Sessions 10.10 Internationalization Chapter 11. Persistence and Databases 11.1 Serialization 11.2 DBM Modules 11.3 The Berkeley DB Module 11.4 The Python Database API (DBAPI) 2.0 Chapter 12. Time Operations 12.1 The time Module 12.2 The sched Module 12.3 The calendar Module 12.4 The mx.DateTime Module Chapter 13. Controlling Execution 13.1 Dynamic Execution and the exec Statement 13.2 Restricted Execution 13.3 Internal Types 13.4 Garbage Collection 13.5 Termination Functions 13.6 Site and User Customization Chapter 14. Threads and Processes 14.1 Threads in Python 14.2 The thread Module 14.3 The Queue Module 14.4 The threading Module 14.5 Threaded Program Architecture 14.6 Process Environment 14.7 Running Other Programs 14.8 The mmap Module Chapter 15. Numeric Processing 15.1 The math and cmath Modules 15.2 The operator Module 15.3 The random Module 15.4 The array Module 15.5 The Numeric Package 15.6 Array Objects 15.7 Universal Functions (ufuncs) 15.8 Optional Numeric Modules Chapter 16. Tkinter GUIs 16.1 Tkinter Fundamentals 16.2 Widget Fundamentals 16.3 Commonly Used Simple Widgets 16.4 Container Widgets 16.5 Menus 16.6 The Text Widget 16.7 The Canvas Widget 16.8 Geometry Management 16.9 Tkinter Events Chapter 17. Testing, Debugging, and Optimizing 17.1 Testing 17.2 Debugging 17.3 The warnings Module 17.4 Optimization Part IV: Network and Web Programming Chapter 18. Client-Side Network Protocol Modules 18.1 URL Access 18.2 Email Protocols 18.3 The HTTP and FTP Protocols 18.4 Network News 18.5 Telnet 18.6 Distributed Computing Chapter 19. Sockets and Server-Side Network Protocol Modules 19.1 The socket Module 19.2 The SocketServer Module 19.3 Event-Driven Socket Programs Chapter 20. CGI Scripting and Alternatives 20.1 CGI in Python 20.2 Cookies 20.3 Other Server-Side Approaches Chapter 21. MIME and Network Encodings 21.1 Encoding Binary Data as Text 21.2 MIME and Email Format Handling Chapter 22. Structured Text: HTML 22.1 The sgmllib Module 22.2 The htmllib Module 22.3 The HTMLParser Module 22.4 Generating HTML Chapter 23. Structured Text: XML 23.1 An Overview of XML Parsing 23.2 Parsing XML with SAX 23.3 Parsing XML with DOM 23.4 Changing and Generating XML Part V: Extending and Embedding Chapter 24. Extending and Embedding Classic Python 24.1 Extending Python with Python's C API 24.2 Extending Python Without Python's C API 24.3 Embedding Python Chapter 25. Extending and Embedding Jython 25.1 Importing Java Packages in Jython 25.2 Embedding Jython in Java 25.3 Compiling Python into Java Chapter 26. Distributing Extensions and Programs 26.1 Python's distutils 26.2 The py2exe Tool 26.3 The Installer Tool