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  Python Documentation Index http://www.python.org/doc/
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.
  Python Database Programming http://wiki.python.org/moin/DatabaseProgramming/
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.
  Python for Beginners http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide
New to programming? This page lists some places that can get you started quickly.
  Python SIGs http://www.python.org/community/sigs/
Archives of current and past listserv discussions on a LOT of interesting topics. GREAT for researching problems.
  Regular Expression HOWTO http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/regex.html
How to use regular expressions in Python with the re module, a gentle introduction.
  Python HOWTO Documents http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/
Pointers to various helpful Python-related HOWTO documents.
  About.com: Python http://python.about.com/
Includes articles on simple script solutions, database management, web development, network protocols, and other advanced topics.
  Python Recipes http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/
Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes.
  Instant Hacking http://hetland.org/writing/instant-hacking.html
By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal, concise, general introduction to programming, via Python, moves very quickly. English, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Korean.
  Wikibooks Programming Python http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Python
A tutorial for python on Wikibooks. It is editable by anyone.
  Socket Programming HOWTO http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sockets/sockets.html
Help on programming sockets with Python.
  Python Quick Reference http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/PQR.html
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.
  Instant Python http://hetland.org/writing/instant-python.html
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.
  Python and UML http://www.objectsbydesign.com/projects/python_uml.html
Can the UML help Python developers? How about CP4E?
  Python Programming for Beginners http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3946
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.
  JPython: The Felicitous Union of Python and Java http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/ch10_fel.html
Excerpt from O'Reilly book: Learning Python.
  Printable Python Quick Reference Card http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/pointal/python/pqrc/
Different PDF versions (A4, US Letter) of a very dense quick reference card for the Python language and some of its main libraries.
  Tutorialized.com - Free Python tutorials http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Python/1
A collection of Python tutorials from resources around the Internet.
  Python CGI http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lab2q/
An Interactive Instruction.
  Cameron Laird on Python and the Web http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/web_python.html
Discusses both client-side and server-side Web programming.
  Python Programming Tutorial http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocpyth.htm
By Richard G. Baldwin. Separate lessons teach programming basics. Free online, fee download files.
  A Beginner's Python Tutorial http://www.sthurlow.com/python/
A Python tutorial originally written for the modding community of Firaxis' Civilization. Useful to beginners with little or no programming knowledge.
  An Introduction to Tkinter http://www.pythonware.com/library/an-introduction-to-tkinter.htm
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.
  Programming Crash Course http://programming-crash-course.com
This tutorial was written for the absolute beginner. It teaches how to program a computer the quick way.
  Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/handout.html
A tutorial that teaches common Python programming idioms used by experienced programmers, but may not be obvious to newcomers.
  Learning Python http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/
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.
  One Day of IDLE Toying http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/
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.
  Programming Python, 2nd Edition http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/python2/chapter/ch15.html
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 Idioms and Efficiency http://jaynes.colorado.edu/PythonIdioms.html
A guide to Python programming idioms, and suggestions for writing more elegant Python programs.
  A Course in Python/CGI http://www.upriss.org.uk/python/PythonCourse.html
This site contains materials from a 13 week course for learning Python and CGI. Suited for self-study.
  A Quick Tour of Python http://stsdas.stsci.edu/pyraf/python_quick_tour.html
Short overview of some basics, for users with some programming knowledge.
  Python Tutorial http://www.mtdev.com/2002/08/python-tutorial
Introduction to Python, where to find it, how to install, and create a very simple script.
  Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python/Contents
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]
  Python Babysteps Tutorial http://www.coolnamehere.com/geekery/python/pythontut.html
Preliminary tutorial, prepares absolute beginners for other tutorials. Walks reader through installing on Windows, using Integrated DeveLopment Environment (IDLE), writing a simple program.
  Serpia, Python matters http://www.serpia.org/
A collection of Python-related tutorials.
  TCC Publications: Programming Languages http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/lang.html
Python language quick reference (28 pp), Tkinter reference (84 pp), Python Imaging Library PIL quick reference (6 pp). Postscript and PDF formats available.
  Writing CGI Programs in Python http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Writing-CGI-Programs-in-Python/
Introduces using Python for CGI applications. Has database access examples. Several parts. [Developer Shed]
  Python Library Reference Search http://zvon.org/other/python/PHP/search.php
Online. Also the search can be downloaded for mirroring and off-line use.
  Five Minutes to a Python CGI http://www.ddj.com/184412536
By David Mertz. Brief introduction to writing CGI programs, Python CGI module, formatting output, error logging/debugging.
  Python Knowledge Base http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/199/
Links, questions and answers in a categorized, searchable format.

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