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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.

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.

About.com: Python - http://python.about.com/
Includes articles on simple script solutions, database management, web development, network protocols, and other advanced topics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

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.

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.

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.

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 and UML - http://www.objectsbydesign.com/projects/python_uml.html
Can the UML help Python developers? How about CP4E?

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.

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

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 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 for Beginners - http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide
New to programming? This page lists some places that can get you started quickly.

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

Python Idioms and Efficiency - http://jaynes.colorado.edu/PythonIdioms.html
A guide to Python programming idioms, and suggestions for writing more elegant Python programs.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Python Recipes - http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/
Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes.

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.

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.

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.

Serpia, Python matters - http://www.serpia.org/
A collection of Python-related tutorials.

Socket Programming HOWTO - http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sockets/sockets.html
Help on programming sockets with Python.

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.

Tutorialized.com - Free Python tutorials - http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Python/1
A collection of Python tutorials from resources around the Internet.

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

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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