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- Python Documentation Index
- Official tutorial and references, including library/module usage, Macintosh libraries, language syntax, extending/embedding, and the Python/C API. Also links to off-site beginners' tutorials, HOWTOs, and many special interest topics.
- About.com: Python
Includes articles on simple script solutions, database management, web development, network protocols, and other advanced topics. - A Beginner's Python Tutorial
A Python tutorial originally written for the modding community of Firaxis' Civilization. Useful to beginners with little or no programming knowledge. - Cameron Laird on Python and the Web
Discusses both client-side and server-side Web programming. - Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python
A tutorial that teaches common Python programming idioms used by experienced programmers, but may not be obvious to newcomers. - A Course in Python/CGI
This site contains materials from a 13 week course for learning Python and CGI. Suited for self-study. - Five Minutes to a Python CGI
By David Mertz. Brief introduction to writing CGI programs, Python CGI module, formatting output, error logging/debugging. - Instant Hacking
By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal, concise, general introduction to programming, via Python, moves very quickly. English, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Korean. - Instant Python
By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal introduction for experienced programmers. Treats basics, OO programming, Jedi mind trick. English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; German, Norwegian; Lithuanian, Polish, Russian; Japanese, Korean. - An Introduction to Tkinter
By Fredrik Lundh. Official tutorial for Tkinter, standard Python interface to Tk GUI toolkit; widget configuration, styling; function/method bindings to widget events; documents all Tkinter widgets, classes. Formats: PDF, HTML. - JPython: The Felicitous Union of Python and Java
Excerpt from O'Reilly book: Learning Python. - Learning Python
By Mark Lutz, David Ascher. Samples from O'Reilly book. Has manipulating data structures, files, programs; internet programming; JPython, now Jython, Python implementation for the Java platform. - Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python
By Josh Cogliati. Evolving tutorial for absolute beginners. Covers many basic, some intermediate topics; many code samples, simple hands-on exercises. [Open Content, public domain] - One Day of IDLE Toying
By Danny Yoo. Visual guide to using IDLE, a simple interactive shell for Python programming. Each step of this tutorial has screenshots for absolute beginners. English, Dutch, German; Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese; Indonesian. - Printable Python Quick Reference Card
Different PDF versions (A4, US Letter) of a very dense quick reference card for the Python language and some of its main libraries. - Programming Crash Course
This tutorial was written for the absolute beginner. It teaches how to program a computer the quick way. - Programming Python, 2nd Edition
By Mark Lutz. O'Reilly book sample. Introduces Internet related topics: Zope (web publishing framework), HTMLgen (makes web pages from objects), Jython (Python for Java), XML processing, server pages, Windows web scripting extensions, restricted execution mode tools. - Python and UML
Can the UML help Python developers? How about CP4E? - Python Babysteps Tutorial
Preliminary tutorial, prepares absolute beginners for other tutorials. Walks reader through installing on Windows, using Integrated DeveLopment Environment (IDLE), writing a simple program. - Python CGI
An Interactive Instruction. - Python Cookbook
Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes. - Python Database Programming
Programs can use minimal code to access, display, and update a database. This guide provides "links to relevant Python modules, documentation, and projects" target="_blank" concerning databases, as well as adding persistence to Python objects. - Python for Beginners
New to programming? This page lists some places that can get you started quickly. - Python HOWTO Documents
Pointers to various helpful Python-related HOWTO documents. - Python Idioms and Efficiency
A guide to Python programming idioms, and suggestions for writing more elegant Python programs. - Python Knowledge Base
Links, questions and answers in a categorized, searchable format. - Python Library Reference Search
Online. Also the search can be downloaded for mirroring and off-line use. - Python Programming for Beginners
Shows how to write programs that use command-line options, read and write to pipes, access environment variables, handle interrupts, read from and write to files, create temporary files, write to system logs. - Python Programming Tutorial
By Richard G. Baldwin. Separate lessons teach programming basics. Free online, fee download files. - Python Quick Reference
By Simon Brunning. Thorough 'cheat sheet'; brief reminders for nearly each language aspect: syntax nuances; built-in features, statements, modules; basic, advanced types, operations; lexical entities, common development tools. For several Python versions; HTML, Zip, Windows Help, text. - Python SIGs
Archives of current and past listserv discussions on a LOT of interesting topics. GREAT for researching problems. - Python Tutorial
Introduction to Python, where to find it, how to install, and create a very simple script. - A Quick Tour of Python
Short overview of some basics, for users with some programming knowledge. - Regular Expression HOWTO
How to use regular expressions in Python with the re module, a gentle introduction. - Serpia, Python matters
A collection of Python-related tutorials. - Socket Programming HOWTO
Help on programming sockets with Python. - TCC Publications: Programming Languages
Python language quick reference (28 pp), Tkinter reference (84 pp), Python Imaging Library PIL quick reference (6 pp). Postscript and PDF formats available. - Tutorialized.com - Free Python tutorials
A collection of Python tutorials from resources around the Internet. - Wikibooks Programming Python
A tutorial for python on Wikibooks. It is editable by anyone. - Writing CGI Programs in Python
Introduces using Python for CGI applications. Has database access examples. Several parts. [Developer Shed] - Python for Newbies
Introduction covering basics to get you started, many examples, humorous light touch. (May 19, 2004)
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