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- Web Python

Web technologies for the Python language
http://webpython.codepoint.net
- Python SIGs

Archives of current and past listserv discussions on a LOT of interesting topics. GREAT for researching problems.
http://www.python.org/sigs/
- Python Topic Guides

Give overviews of resources associated with specific topics. Written by volunteers interested in making such resources easier for all to find. Topics: databases, scientific computing, Tkinter, Web programming, XML.
http://www.python.org/topics/
- Python Tutorial

Introduction to Python, where to find it, how to install, and create a very simple script.
http://www.mt-dev.com/2002/08/python-tutorial/
- Python Tutorial

By Guido van Rossum. Large tutorial from Python's eloquent author.
http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html
- The Python Shelf

A documentation package in Windows HTML Help format. Contains the official Python documentation, FAQ, "IDLE Explained," Ping's pydoc, "Introduction to Tkinter," and the HOWTOs.
http://www.orgmf.com.ar/condor/pytstuff.html
- 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.
http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/PQR.html
- Python Library Reference Search

Online. Also the search can be downloaded for mirroring and off-line use.
http://zvon.org/other/python/PHP/search.php
- 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.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3946
- Python Programming Tutorial

By Richard G. Baldwin. Separate lessons teach programming basics. Free online, fee download files.
http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocpyth.htm
- A Quick Tour of Python

Short overview of some basics, for users with some programming knowledge.
http://stsdas.stsci.edu/pyraf/python_quick_tour.html
- Regular Expression HOWTO

How to use regular expressions in Python with the re module, a gentle introduction.
http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/regex.html
- The Whole Python FAQ

Official FAQ, searchable, maintained by community. Entries on programming, extending, and building Python; known bugs, using on varied operating systems, language design, real world use.
http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html
- Wikibooks Programming Python

A tutorial for python on Wikibooks. It is editable by anyone.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Python
- Writing CGI Programs in Python

Introduces using Python for CGI applications. Has database access examples. Several parts. [Developer Shed]
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Writing-CGI-Programs-in-Python/
- Python for Newbies

Introduction covering basics to get you started, many examples, humorous light touch. (May 19, 2004)
http://npt.cc.rsu.ru/user/wanderer/ODP/Python_for_Newbies.htm
- Web Programming Topic Guide

General guide to using CGI and other Web-related programming with Python.
http://www.python.org/topics/web/
- Tutorialized.com - Free Python tutorials

A collection of Python tutorials from resources around the Internet.
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Python/1
- Serpia, Python matters

A collection of Python-related tutorials.
http://www.serpia.org/
- Socket Programming HOWTO

programming sockets with Python.
http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sockets/sockets.html
- 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.
http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/lang.html
- Python Knowledge Base

Links, questions and answers in a categorized, searchable format.
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/199/
- Python HOWTO Documents

Pointers to various helpful Python-related HOWTO documents.
http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/
- Instant Hacking

By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal, concise, general introduction to programming, via Python, moves very quickly. English, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Korean.
http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-hacking.php
- 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.
http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-python.php
- 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.
http://www.pythonware.com/library/an-introduction-to-tkinter.htm
- JPython: The Felicitous Union of Python and Java

Excerpt from O'Reilly book: Learning Python.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/ch10_fel.html
- Five Minutes to a Python CGI

By David Mertz. Brief introduction to writing CGI programs, Python CGI module, formatting output, error logging/debugging.
http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=3799/nam1012432258/index.html
- Database Topic Guide

Python programs can use minimal code to access, display, and update a database. This guide provides "links to relevant Python modules, documentation, and projects" concerning databases, as well as adding persistence to Python objects.
http://www.python.org/topics/database/
- 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.
http://www.sthurlow.com/python/
- Cameron Laird on Python and the Web

Discusses both client-side and server-side Web programming.
http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/web_python.html
- A Course in Python/CGI

This site contains materials from a 13 week course for learning Python and CGI. Suited for self-study.
http://www.upriss.org.uk/python/PythonCourse.html
- 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.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/
- 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.
http://www.coolnamehere.com/geekery/python/pythontut.html
- Python CGI

An Interactive Instruction.
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lab2q/
- Python Cookbook

Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/
- Python for Beginners

New to programming? This page lists some places that can get you started quickly.
http://www.python.org/doc/Newbies.html
- Python and UML

Can the UML help Python developers? How about CP4E?
http://www.objectsbydesign.com/projects/python_uml.html
- 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.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/python2/chapter/ch15.html
- 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.
http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/
- 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.
http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/pointal/python/pqrc/
- Programming Crash Course

This tutorial was written for the absolute beginner. It teaches how to program a computer the quick way.
http://programming-crash-course.com
- Architecture of Python

By Jim Jackson, Kar-Han Tan. Wiki-based documentation project working toward analyzing the architectural aspects of python language via source code only.
http://wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/cs427/PYTHON
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