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The Book of Python: From the Tip of the Tongue to the End of the Tale 1st Edition


The Book of Python is a complete reference to the Python programming language. It begins with a discussion of Python's programming environment, then moves on to more advanced topics, including object oriented programming, interacting with operating systems, creating GUIs and database interfaces, network programming, XML, web programming, and much more. To aid programmers in their daily use of this book, functions and modules are cross-referenced throughout and multiple examples illustrate how to use Python.


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John Goebel, Adil Hansan, and Francesco Safai Tehrani have been working with Python for many years. All three develop software in the field of physics using Python, Goebel for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Hasan for Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), and Safai Tehrani for Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) in Italy.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ No Starch Press; 1st edition (June 30, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 648 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1593271034
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1593271039
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.11 pounds

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