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An Introduction to Python - The Python Tutorial (version 2.5)by Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr. Paperback (6"x9"), 164 pages. Revised November 2006. |
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This tutorial provides an introduction to Python, an easy to learn object oriented programming language. It covers the 2.5 release of Python.
The author of this manual, Guido van Rossum, is the inventor of Python. Fred L. Drake, Jr. is the official editor of the Python documentation.
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Related Titles
- The Python Language Reference Manual (version 2.5) by G. van Rossum, F. Drake, Jr. (ISBN 0-9541617-8-5)
- Python Library Reference Manual by G. van Rossum, F. Drake, Jr. (NEW)
- Extending and Embedding Python by G. van Rossum, F. Drake, Jr. (NEW)
- The GNU Bash Reference Manual (revised for version 3.2) by C. Ramey, B. Fox (ISBN 0-9541617-7-7)
- An Introduction to GCC by B. Gough (ISBN 0-9541617-9-3)
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Table of Contents
- Publisher's Preface
- Introduction
- Whetting Your Appetite
- Using the Python Interpreter
- An Informal Introduction to Python
- More Control Flow Tools
- Data Structures
- Modules
- Input and Output
- Errors and Exceptions
- Classes
- What Now?
- Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution
- Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations
- History and License
- Index
Articles
- Python Quiz - test your knowledge of python with our quiz!
Resources
- Python Software Foundation - the official website for Python
- Online Manual - in HTML format