Python: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Martin C. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete Reference | Publication Date: September 21, 2001

Python is an intergrated, object-orientated development language for use in computer programming. This text is split into distinct sections, each concentrating on a core angle of the language. The book also contains sections for Web and application development, the two most popular uses for Python. It is designed to teach a programmer how to use Python by explaining the mechanics of Python. The appendixes offer a quick guide to the main features of the Python language, as well as additional guides to non-essential systems such as the IDLE development environment and general guidelines for migrating from another language.

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The Most Authoritative Volume Available on Python

Explore all aspects of programming with Python in this comprehensive resource. Expert programmer Martin Brown guides you through the fundamentals of using modules through the use of advanced object orientation classes. You'll learn how to develop complex applications, create multimedia software, and develop interactive Web sites. While written with the experienced programmer in mind, Python: The Complete Reference is an invaluable sourcebook for the beginning programmer as well. This book also covers how to utilize Python's extensive libraries, including tools for reading and parsing SGML, HTML, and XML files.

• Master programming in the Python language
• Discover how modules are written and imported into your scripts
• Use Python's extensive libraries for information processing, file system manipulation, data management, network communication, multimedia, and more
• Apply Python as a RAD tool for rapid application development
• Understand specialized instructions for programmers of Perl and other languages
• Work with SGML, HTML, and XML for advanced Web applications
• Build GUI-based applications using the Tk interface

About the Author

Martin Brown (Southhampton, UK) is the author of Perl: The Complete Reference, Perl Programmer's Reference, Python Annotated Archives, Perl Annotated Archives, and the upcoming ActivePerl Developer's Guide. A programmer for 15 years, he is formally the IT Director of a large advertising agency dealing with blue-chip clients such as Hewlett Packard, Oracle, and Cable & Wireless.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1200 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill (September 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007212718X
• ISBN-13: 978-0072127188
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing special, just a reference, April 22, 2003

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Diego Bravo Estrada (Miami Beach, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Python: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

As the title implies, this book is just a reference (covering
up to python version 2.0.) The text is understable and
provides a central repository of the same material
you can get from the official documentation in the web
(python.org) The first 140 pages are a tutorial covering
the essencials of the language with several samples (these
are too trivial in my opinion) following with about 240 pages
describing the Python module library (again, the examples
are trivial.) There are also some chapters related with
the "internals" of Python, but no one is really "deep".
Resuming, sadly I think this book (as many in these times)
can be easily substituted with the web with little effort.