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 PythonâÂÂs 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 PythonâÂÂs 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
About the Author
Mark Lutz is the author of Python’s foundational and best-selling texts, a former trainer with two decades experience teaching Python to newcomers, and one of the people responsible for the prominence that Python enjoys today.
is the world leader in Python training, the author of Python’s earliest and best-selling texts, and a pioneering figure in the Python community since 1992. He has been a software developer for 25 years, and is the author of O’Reilly’s Programming Python, 3rd Edition and Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition.
Table of Contents
1. The Beginning
Chapter 1 A Sneak Preview
2. System Programming
Chapter 2 System Tools
Chapter 3 Script Execution Context
Chapter 4 File and Directory Tools
Chapter 5 Parallel System Tools
Chapter 6 Complete System Programs
3. GUI Programming
Chapter 7 Graphical User Interfaces
Chapter 8 A tkinter Tour, Part 1
Chapter 9 A tkinter Tour, Part 2
Chapter 10 GUI Coding Techniques
Chapter 11 Complete GUI Programs
4. Internet Programming
Chapter 12 Network Scripting
Chapter 13 Client-Side Scripting
Chapter 14 The PyMailGUI Client
Chapter 15 Server-Side Scripting
Chapter 16 The PyMailCGI Server
5. Tools and Techniques
Chapter 17 Databases and Persistence
Chapter 18 Data Structures
Chapter 19 Text and Language
1. Chapter 20 Python/C Integration
6. The End
1. Chapter 21 Conclusion: Python and the Development Cycle
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