Python Essential Reference - Softcover

The goal of the Python Essential Reference is to concisely describe the Python programming language and its large library of standard modules, collectively known as the Python programming "environment." It is arranged into four major parts. First a brief tutorial and introduction is presented, then an informal language reference will cover lexical conventions, functions, statements, control flow, datatypes, classes, and execution models. The third part will cover the Python library, and the final section covers the Python C API that is used to write Python extensions. This book is for the professional who has experience with other systems programming language such as C or C++, and is looking for content that is not embellished with basic introductory material on the Python programming environment.

For courses in UNIX Programming (Tc/Tk, Shells, and Perl). Python Essential Reference is a definitive guide to the Python programming language. Designed for programmers and students, it covers the core language, more than 100 modules in the standard library, and the extension building techniques used to integrate Python with programs written in C and C++. Coverage expands upon and clarifies existing Python documentation-especially for advanced topics including operating system interfaces, threads, and network programming. Concise, to the point, and extensively indexed, students will find this volume packed with information not previously available in any other single reference source.