Summary
Hailed for its conciseness and clarity, David Beazley's Python Essential
Reference has long been the indispensable reference guide for every
experienced programmer who wants to make the most of the Python language.
Now, Beazley has thoroughly updated this classic for the significant new
features and library modules that have been introduced in both Python 2.6 and
2.5 as well as features in Python 3.0. Drawing on his extensive recent
experience leading Python training sessions and boot camps, Beazley has
reorganized this book for even greater ease-of-use, and offers even more
practical code examples that address the issues working programmers are most
likely to encounter.
Beazley begins with a carefully distilled and exceptionally readable introduction
to the language, then presents authoritative reference content on every standard
Python library module. In this edition, he also previews the anticipated,
radically new Python 3 (a.k.a. "Python 3000"), which will break backwardcompatibility
with Python 2.x. Readers will learn how to write Python 2.6 code
that will be easy to migrate, and how to use Python 2.6's forward-compatibility
mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility.
Product Description
Python Essential Reference is the definitive reference guide to the Python programming language - the one authoritative handbook that reliably untangles and explains both the core Python language and the most essential parts of the Python library.
Designed for the professional programmer, the book is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. It also includes detailed information on the Python library and many advanced subjects that is not available in either the official Python documentation or any other single reference source.
Thoroughly updated to reflect the significant new programming language features and library modules that have been introduced in Python 2.6 and Python 3, the fourth edition of Python Essential Reference is the definitive guide for programmers who need to modernize existing Python code or who are planning an eventual migration to Python 3. Programmers starting a new Python project will find detailed coverage of contemporary Python programming idioms.
This fourth edition of Python Essential Reference features numerous improvements, additions, and updates:
Coverage of new language features, libraries, and modules
Practical coverage of Python's more advanced features including generators, coroutines, closures, metaclasses, and decorators
Expanded coverage of library modules related to concurrent programming including threads, subprocesses, and the new multiprocessing module
Up-to-the-minute coverage of how to use Python 2.6's forward compatibility mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility
Improved organization for even faster answers and better usability
Updates to reflect modern Python programming style and idioms
Updated and improved example code
Deep coverage of low-level system and networking library modules - including options not covered in the standard documentation
Features + Benefits
Coverage of new language features, libraries, and modules introduced into Python since the previous edition
Practical coverage of Python's more advanced features including generators, coroutines, closures, metaclasses, and decorators
Expanded coverage of library modules related to concurrent programming including threads, subprocesses, and the new multiprocessing module
Up-to-the-minute coverage of how to use Python 2.6's forward compatibility mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility
Improved organization for even faster answers and better usability
Updates to reflect modern Python programming style and idioms
Updated and improved example code
Deep coverage of low-level system and networking library modules[md]including the options not covered in the standard documentation
Backcover
Python Essential Reference is the definitive reference guide to the Python programming language - the one authoritative handbook that reliably untangles and explains both the core Python language and the most essential parts of the Python library.
Designed for the professional programmer, the book is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. It also includes detailed information on the Python library and many advanced subjects that is not available in either the official Python documentation or any other single reference source.
Thoroughly updated to reflect the significant new programming language features and library modules that have been introduced in Python 2.6 and Python 3, the fourth edition of Python Essential Reference is the definitive guide for programmers who need to modernize existing Python code or who are planning an eventual migration to Python 3. Programmers starting a new Python project will find detailed coverage of contemporary Python programming idioms.
This fourth edition of Python Essential Reference features numerous improvements, additions, and updates:
Coverage of new language features, libraries, and modules
Practical coverage of Python's more advanced features including generators, coroutines, closures, metaclasses, and decorators
Expanded coverage of library modules related to concurrent programming including threads, subprocesses, and the new multiprocessing module
Up-to-the-minute coverage of how to use Python 2.6's forward compatibility mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility
Improved organization for even faster answers and better usability
Updates to reflect modern Python programming style and idioms
Updated and improved example code
Deep coverage of low-level system and networking library modules - including options not covered in the standard documentation
Part I: The Python Language 1 A Tutorial Introduction
2 Lexical Conventions and Syntax
3 Types and Objects
4 Operators and Expressions
5 Program Structure and Control Flow
6 Functions and Functional Programming
7 Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
8 Modules, Packages, and Distribution
9 Input and Output
10 Execution Environment
11 Testing, Debugging, Profiling, and Tuning
Part II: The Python Library
12 Built-In Functions
13 Python Runtime Services
14 Mathematics
15 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Utilities
16 String and Text Handling
17 Python Database API
18 File Handling
19 Operating System Services
20 Threads and Concurrency
21 Network Programming and Sockets
22 Internet Application Programming
23 Web Programming
24 Internet Data Handling and Encoding
25 Miscellaneous Library Modules
Part III: Extending and Embedding
26 Extending and Embedding Python
Appendix
A Python 3
Python Essential Reference is the definitive reference guide to the Python programming language - the one authoritative handbook that reliably untangles and explains both the core Python language and the most essential parts of the Python library.
Designed for the practicing programmer, the book is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. It also includes detailed information on the Python library and many advanced subjects that is not available in either the official Python documentation or any other single reference source.
Hailed for its conciseness and clarity, David Beazley's Python Essential
Reference has long been the indispensable reference guide for every
experienced programmer who wants to make the most of the Python language.
Now, Beazley has thoroughly updated this classic for the significant new
features and library modules that have been introduced in both Python 2.6 and
2.5 as well as features in Python 3.0. Drawing on his extensive recent
experience leading Python training sessions and boot camps, Beazley has
reorganized this book for even greater ease-of-use, and offers even more
practical code examples that address the issues working programmers are most
likely to encounter.
Beazley begins with a carefully distilled and exceptionally readable introduction
to the language, then presents authoritative reference content on every standard
Python library module. In this edition, he also previews the anticipated,
radically new Python 3 (a.k.a. "Python 3000"), which will break backwardcompatibility
with Python 2.x. Readers will learn how to write Python 2.6 code
that will be easy to migrate, and how to use Python 2.6's forward-compatibility
mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility.
Product Description
Python Essential Reference is the definitive reference guide to the Python programming language - the one authoritative handbook that reliably untangles and explains both the core Python language and the most essential parts of the Python library.
Designed for the professional programmer, the book is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. It also includes detailed information on the Python library and many advanced subjects that is not available in either the official Python documentation or any other single reference source.
Thoroughly updated to reflect the significant new programming language features and library modules that have been introduced in Python 2.6 and Python 3, the fourth edition of Python Essential Reference is the definitive guide for programmers who need to modernize existing Python code or who are planning an eventual migration to Python 3. Programmers starting a new Python project will find detailed coverage of contemporary Python programming idioms.
This fourth edition of Python Essential Reference features numerous improvements, additions, and updates:
Coverage of new language features, libraries, and modules
Practical coverage of Python's more advanced features including generators, coroutines, closures, metaclasses, and decorators
Expanded coverage of library modules related to concurrent programming including threads, subprocesses, and the new multiprocessing module
Up-to-the-minute coverage of how to use Python 2.6's forward compatibility mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility
Improved organization for even faster answers and better usability
Updates to reflect modern Python programming style and idioms
Updated and improved example code
Deep coverage of low-level system and networking library modules - including options not covered in the standard documentation
Features + Benefits
Coverage of new language features, libraries, and modules introduced into Python since the previous edition
Practical coverage of Python's more advanced features including generators, coroutines, closures, metaclasses, and decorators
Expanded coverage of library modules related to concurrent programming including threads, subprocesses, and the new multiprocessing module
Up-to-the-minute coverage of how to use Python 2.6's forward compatibility mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility
Improved organization for even faster answers and better usability
Updates to reflect modern Python programming style and idioms
Updated and improved example code
Deep coverage of low-level system and networking library modules[md]including the options not covered in the standard documentation
Backcover
Python Essential Reference is the definitive reference guide to the Python programming language - the one authoritative handbook that reliably untangles and explains both the core Python language and the most essential parts of the Python library.
Designed for the professional programmer, the book is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. It also includes detailed information on the Python library and many advanced subjects that is not available in either the official Python documentation or any other single reference source.
Thoroughly updated to reflect the significant new programming language features and library modules that have been introduced in Python 2.6 and Python 3, the fourth edition of Python Essential Reference is the definitive guide for programmers who need to modernize existing Python code or who are planning an eventual migration to Python 3. Programmers starting a new Python project will find detailed coverage of contemporary Python programming idioms.
This fourth edition of Python Essential Reference features numerous improvements, additions, and updates:
Coverage of new language features, libraries, and modules
Practical coverage of Python's more advanced features including generators, coroutines, closures, metaclasses, and decorators
Expanded coverage of library modules related to concurrent programming including threads, subprocesses, and the new multiprocessing module
Up-to-the-minute coverage of how to use Python 2.6's forward compatibility mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility
Improved organization for even faster answers and better usability
Updates to reflect modern Python programming style and idioms
Updated and improved example code
Deep coverage of low-level system and networking library modules - including options not covered in the standard documentation
Part I: The Python Language 1 A Tutorial Introduction
2 Lexical Conventions and Syntax
3 Types and Objects
4 Operators and Expressions
5 Program Structure and Control Flow
6 Functions and Functional Programming
7 Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
8 Modules, Packages, and Distribution
9 Input and Output
10 Execution Environment
11 Testing, Debugging, Profiling, and Tuning
Part II: The Python Library
12 Built-In Functions
13 Python Runtime Services
14 Mathematics
15 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Utilities
16 String and Text Handling
17 Python Database API
18 File Handling
19 Operating System Services
20 Threads and Concurrency
21 Network Programming and Sockets
22 Internet Application Programming
23 Web Programming
24 Internet Data Handling and Encoding
25 Miscellaneous Library Modules
Part III: Extending and Embedding
26 Extending and Embedding Python
Appendix
A Python 3
Python Essential Reference is the definitive reference guide to the Python programming language - the one authoritative handbook that reliably untangles and explains both the core Python language and the most essential parts of the Python library.
Designed for the practicing programmer, the book is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. It also includes detailed information on the Python library and many advanced subjects that is not available in either the official Python documentation or any other single reference source.