Programming Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming, Edition 4

Mark Lutz

Dec 2010 · "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

About this ebook

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

Ratings and reviews

The question, "where is this book going?", comes up frequently as you read it. So much is said, and yet so much is left unexplained in the examples. I haven't touched python in several years and a new project is bringing me back into it. This book did little to revive my early interest in Python programming. It covers a lot of topics, which is good, but I think a lot of people will be turned off by the method of instruction in here.

This book has far too many pages, most of which are spent on topics that few Python programmers have any interest in (e.g. GUIs).

Just buy it physically on Amazon at that price....