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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. |
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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. |
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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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About.com: Python - http://python.about.com/
Includes articles on simple script solutions, database management, web development, network protocols, and other advanced topics. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Wikibooks Programming Python - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Python
A tutorial for python on Wikibooks. It is editable by anyone. |
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Python Recipes - http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/
Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Python CGI - http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lab2q/
An Interactive Instruction. |
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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. |
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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] |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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] |
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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. |
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Python for Newbies - http://npt.cc.rsu.ru/user/wanderer/ODP/Python_for_Newbies.htm
Introduction covering basics to get you started, many examples, humorous light touch. |