Python Cookbook by Alex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft, David Ascher

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Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is thepopular open source object-oriented programming languageused for both standalone programs and scriptingapplications. It is now being used by an increasing numberof major organizations, including NASA and Google.

Updated for Python 2.4, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Editionoffers a wealth of useful code for all Python programmers,not just advanced practitioners. Like its predecessor, thenew edition provides solutions to problems that Pythonprogrammers face everyday.

It now includes over 200 recipes that range from simpletasks, such as working with dictionaries and listcomprehensions, to complex tasks, such as monitoring anetwork and building a templating system. This revisedversion also includes new chapters on topics such as time,money, and metaprogramming.

Here's a list of additional topics covered:
Manipulating text
Searching and sorting
Working with files and the filesystem
Object-oriented programming
Dealing with threads and processes
System administration
Interacting with databases
Creating user interfaces
Network and web programming
Processing XML
Distributed programming
Debugging and testing

Another advantage of The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition is itstrio of authors—three well-known Python programmingexperts, who are highly visible on email lists and innewsgroups, and speak often at Python conferences.

With scores of practical examples and poignant backgroundinformation, The Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition is the onesource you need if you're looking to build efficient,flexible, scalable, and well-integrated systems.

Product Details

• ISBN: 0596007973
  
• ISBN-13: 9780596007973
• Format: Textbook Paperback, 807pp
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
• Pub. Date: March 2005
• Edition Description: 2nd Edition
• Edition Number: 2
• Sales Rank: 68,350

• Table of Contents

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