Learning Python

Learning Python is an introduction to the increasingly popular Python programming language -- an interpreted, interactive, object- oriented, and portable scripting language. This book thoroughly introduces the elements of Python: types, operators, statements, functions, modules, and exceptions. It also demonstrates how to perform common programming tasks and write real applications. Provides a description of the basic building blocks of a Python program. Introduces more advanced topics, including some complex, realworld examples and shows programmers how to use Python with specialized libraries to build largescale applications. The authors of Learning Python show you enough essentials of the Python scripting language to enable you to begin solving problems right away, then reveal more powerful aspects of the language one at a time. This approach is sure to appeal to programmers and system administrators who have urgent problems.