David M. Beazley Livres

This collection offers a wealth of problems, solutions, and practical examples for Python programmers, curated by community contributors. It features the best recipes from an online repository hosted by ActiveState, with insights from key figures in the Python community. Covering a wide range of topics, the book includes over 200 recipes addressing tasks such as searching and sorting, text manipulation, file handling, object-oriented programming, threading, system administration, database interaction, user interface creation, network programming, XML processing, distributed programming, debugging, testing, and extending Python. This resource is invaluable for Python programmers of all levels, featuring contributions from notable figures like Guido Van Rossum, David Ascher, Tim Peters, Paul Prescod, Mark Hammond, and Alex Martelli, among others. The recipes not only showcase best practices but also serve as practical tools for daily programming tasks, sources of inspiration, and educational material for deepening Python knowledge. Edited by David Ascher and Alex Martelli, the book includes a foreword by Guido van Rossum, enhancing its credibility and relevance in the Python programming landscape.

Python Essential Reference, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive reference to the Python programming language. The focus of& this latest& edition is to add coverage of significant new features and new library modules added to the language over the past five years.& Clearly written with concise organization, & the new& features covered& include new style classes, unification of types and classes, xmlrpclip, intertools, bz2 and optparse, making it the most up-to-date Python book on the market.

"Focusing on Python 3.6 and higher, this concise handbook focuses on the essential core of the language, with updated code examples to illuminate how Python works and how to structure programs that can be more easily explained, tested, and debugged. Throughout, Beazley reflects all he's learned teaching Python to scientists, engineers, and developers, and pushing the envelope of what makes Python tick."--Page 4 of cover.

A Python community leader teaches professionals how to integrate web applications with Python.