Programming Python [With CDROM]

By Aurélien Géron

Book Overview

If you've mastered Python's fundamentals, you're ready to start using it to get real work done. Programming Python will show you how, with in-depth tutorials on the language's primary application domains: system administration, GUIs, and the Web. You'll also explore how Python is used in databases, networking, front-end scripting layers, text processing, and more. This book focuses on commonly used tools and libraries to give you a comprehensive understanding of Python's many roles in practical, real-world programming. You'll learn language syntax and programming techniques in a clear and concise manner, with lots of examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms. Completely updated for version 3.x, Programming Python also delves into the language as a software development tool, with many code examples scaled specifically for that purpose. Topics include: Quick Python tour: Build a simple demo that includes data representation, object-oriented programming, object persistence, GUIs, and website basics System programming: Explore system interface tools and techniques for command-line scripting, processing files and folders, running programs in parallel, and more GUI programming: Learn to use Python's tkinter widget library Internet programming: Access client-side network protocols and email tools, use CGI scripts, and learn website implementation techniques More ways to apply Python: Implement data structures, parse text-based information, interface with databases, and extend and embed Python This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596000855
• ISBN13: 9780596000851
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 1256 Pages
• Weight: 3.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great companion to the "Learning Python" book!

Get this book along along with "Learning Python" and you'll be set. Lots of handy stuff. My personal favorites are the sections that show you how to program GUIs and databases. I only wish I'd bought them both at the same time.

Definitely not a "get started quick" guide

Wow. I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it's enormous. It took me almost a year to go through the whole thing, although I did stop and work through every single example. On the other hand, like "Learning Python", there are a lot of sidetracks that seem targeted at beginners which I felt could have easily been left out. This book should be considered volume 2 of "Learning Python". "Learning Python"...

Good companion to the "In a Nutshell" book

It's a good book on it's own, but together with the "In a Nutshell" series, it makes a pretty good overall reference.

A happily recieved gift

I bought this book as a gift for my husband, and he was excited to recieve it. I believe he has found it informative and more in depth than his first Python book.

A great resource for the python programmer.

The only thing I regret about buying this book is not getting the hardcover version - it's a huge, comprehensive book. It's got the best section on GUI programming in python that I've seen so far, and all the examples given throughout the book are practical, useful thing - unlike a lot of other programming books that only give you proofs-of-concept. If you're already comfortable with python, and are looking to solidify your...