Python Cookbook

Front Cover
"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", Mar 18, 2005 - Computers - 846 pages

Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object-oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications. It is now being used by an increasing number of major organizations, including NASA and Google.Updated for Python 2.4, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition offers a wealth of useful code for all Python programmers, not just advanced practitioners. Like its predecessor, the new edition provides solutions to problems that Python programmers face everyday.It now includes over 200 recipes that range from simple tasks, such as working with dictionaries and list comprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring a network and building a templating system. This revised version also includes new chapters on topics such as time, money, and metaprogramming.Here's a list of additional topics covered:

  • Manipulating text
  • Searching and sorting
  • Working with files and the filesystem
  • Object-oriented programming
  • Dealing with threads and processes
  • System administration
  • Interacting with databases
  • Creating user interfaces
  • Network and web programming
  • Processing XML
  • Distributed programming
  • Debugging and testing
Another advantage of The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition is its trio of authors--three well-known Python programming experts, who are highly visible on email lists and in newsgroups, and speak often at Python conferences.With scores of practical examples and pertinent background information, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition is the one source you need if you're looking to build efficient, flexible, scalable, and well-integrated systems.
 

Selected pages

Contents

Text
1
Files
58
Time and Money
110
Python Shortcuts
146
Searching and Sorting
190
ObjectOriented Programming
229
Persistence and Databases
288
Debugging and Testing
332
User Interfaces
422
Processing XML
463
Network Programming
485
Web Programming
526
Distributed Programming
558
Programs About Programs
584
Extending and Embedding
616
Algorithms
643

Processes Threads and Synchronization
355
System Administration
391
Iterators and Generators
689
Descriptors Decorators and Metaclasses
740

Other editions - View all

Python Cookbook
Alex Martelli,Anna Ravenscroft,David Ascher
Snippet view - 2005

Common terms and phrases

__init__ __main__ Alex Martelli algorithm application approach args argument attribute Berkeley DB binary Book bound method built-in function bytecode bytes characters compute CORBA Credit database decimal def __init__(self default dict dictionary Discussion docstrings doctest documentation elif eMatter Edition emits encoding ensure error example file object implementation input instance interface iterator itertools Library Reference list comprehension loop Luther Blissett Mac OS X memoize metaclass operations OPML output parser parsing pass password perform pickle Problem You need Problem You want protocol Python Standard Library recipe shows recipe’s Solution Reference and Python regular expression result script sequence server simple snippet sorted special methods specific SQLite standard library module standard Python statement string subclass task thread tion Title Tkinter traceback tuple Unicode Unix widget Windows wrap write wxPython XML-RPC yield

References to this book

Bibliographic information

TitlePython Cookbook
AuthorsAlex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft, David Ascher
Edition2, revised
Publisher"O'Reilly Media, Inc.", 2005
ISBN0596554745, 9780596554743
Length846 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Computers / Languages / JavaScript
Computers / Programming / General
Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan