The Python Standard Library by Example

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 1344 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook; 1st edition (June 11, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321767349
• ISBN-13: 978-0321767349

eBook Description:

The Python Standard Library by Example: Master the Powerful Python Standard Library through Real Code Examples

The Python Standard Library contains hundreds of modules for interacting with the operating system, interpreter, and Internet all extensively tested and ready to jump-start your application development. The Python Standard Library by Example introduces virtually every important area of the Python 2.7 library through concise, stand-alone source code/output examples, designed for easy learning and reuse.

Building on his popular Python Module of the Week blog series, author and Python expert Doug Hellmann focuses on “showing” not “telling.” He explains code behavior through downloadable examples that fully demonstrate each feature.

You’ll find practical code for working with text, data types, algorithms, math, file systems, networking, the Internet, XML, email, cryptography, concurrency, runtime and language services, and much more. Each section fully covers one module, and links to valuable additional resources, making this book an ideal tutorial and reference.

The Python Standard Library contains hundreds of modules for interacting with the operating system, interpreter, and Internet all extensively tested and ready to jump-start your application development. The Python Standard Library by Example introduces virtually every important area of the Python 2.7 library through concise, stand-alone source code/output examples, designed for easy learning and reuse.

If you’re new to Python, this book will quickly give you access to a whole new world of functionality. If you’ve worked with Python before, you’ll discover new, powerful solutions and better ways to use the modules you’ve already tried.

Coverage includes:

• Manipulating text with string, textwrap, re, and difflib
• Implementing data structures: collections, array, queue, struct, copy, and more
• Reading, writing, and manipulating files and directories
• Regular expression pattern matching
• Exchanging data and providing for persistence Archiving and data compression
• Managing processes and threads
• Using application “building blocks”: parsing command-line options, prompting for passwords, scheduling events, and logging
• Testing, debugging, and compilation
• Controlling runtime configuration
• Using module and package utilities

If you’re new to Python, this book will quickly give you access to a whole new world of functionality. If you’ve worked with Python before, you’ll discover new, powerful solutions and better ways to use the modules you’ve already tried.

“Hellmann’s writing has become an indispensable resource for me and many others as it fills a critical gap in Python Documentation with examples.”

• Jesse Noller, Python Core Developer and PSF Board Member

Author Bio

Doug Hellmann is currently a senior developer with Racemi, Inc., and communications director of the Python Software Foundation. He has been programming in Python since version 1.4 and has worked on a variety of Unix and non-Unix platforms for projects in fields such as mapping, medical news publishing, banking, and data center automation. After a year as a regular columnist for Python Magazine, he served as editor-in-chief from 2008-2009. Since 2007, Doug has published the popular “Python Module of the Week” series on his blog. He lives in Athens, Georgia.

Doug Hellmann is a senior developer with Racemi, Inc., and communications director of the Python Software Foundation. He has programmed with Python since version 1.4, and has worked on multiple platforms in mapping, medical publishing, banking, and data center automation. Hellmann was previously columnist and editor-in-chief for Python Magazine and, since 2007, has blogged the popular Python Module of the Week series at doughellmann.com.

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