| Link: | Description: |
|---|---|
| Systems programming in Python | The Python language's huge object library includes a full set of features for systems programming. Here we present a couple of small Python scripts to help you manage disk space, and an object that is reused for both these scripts. |
| Python Cookbook | "This is a new collaborative website, built by ActiveState and O’Reilly, which will host your contributions to Python lore. We invite you to contribute code, comments, and ratings for recipes from the entire Python community." |
| pygame | Python game development. |
| Python for experienced programmers | "a free Python tutorial for experienced programmers available in multiple languages" |
| Python for Science | "computational science, and more specifically computational chemistry" |
| Python Performance Tips | "This page is devoted to various tips and tricks that help improve the performance of your Python programs." |
| Using Python to Generate HTML Pages | "Python is well suited for these types of tasks, you can quickly put together a useful program with minimal fuss." |
| Instant Hacking: Learning how to program with Python | "Learn how to program with Python." From "hello, world" to OOP in one session. |
| Non-Programmers Tutorial For Python | Work with sample code and be programming within minutes. |
| Learning to Program | Download the zip file and work your way through it from your hard drive if on-line time is limited, or buy the book. The author adds that it "is available in multiple languages: Spanish, Portugese, and German currently and I expect Italian later this year." Dutch and Chech/Slovak may be coming too. |
| How To Become A Hacker | Not about Python programming, but almost a *must read*. |
| Instant Python | A "minimal crash-course in" Python. Some colorful examples, tricks, and a little more OOP. |
| Python Tutor (email list) Info Page | Questions answered, newbies treated well. |
| Python Style Guide | Save yourself a lot of needless pain and read this before starting a major project. |
| Writing CGI scripts in Python | "Python presentation from a CGI perspective" |
| Guido van Rossum's Python Tutorial | The flagship basic tutorial. Covers all basic food groups. |
| Python/XML HOWTO | "Python makes an excellent language for processing XML data. This document is a tutorial for the Python/XML package." |
| Socket Programming HOWTO | "enough background to begin using [sockets] decently" |
| Sorting Mini-HOWTO | "a little tutorial showing a half dozen ways to sort a list with the built-in sort() method" |
| An Introduction to Tkinter | Crunchy on the outside, GUI on the inside. |
| The Python DB-API interface | "Python lets you write programs that access, display and update the information in the database with minimal effort." |
| Persistent Storage of Python Objects in Relational Databases | "Using the Persistent Storage module, Python objects can store themselves in relational database systems." |
| Richard G. Baldwin Python Programming Tutorial | A neatly organized beginner's tutorial. |
| Linux.com Programming with Python Tutorial | Basic Python tutorial targeted toward the Perl programmer. |
| pythoncgi.com | Resources for programmers writing CGI in Python. |
| Python with ASP | "A little demo on how to embed Python into HTML" |
| Python with COM | "Get at your Office data" |
| Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Python | Interesting thoughts, plus a few words on exception handling. |
| Cetus Links: Object-Oriented Python | About a zillion links tied to Python and OOP in general. |
| Python BabySteps Tutorial | A quick guide to installing Python in Windows and getting started with IDLE. |
| Using Python for CGI Programming | Guido van Rossum's slide show introduces Python CGI. |
| How to think like a computer scientist | This is the Python version of the "well known and widely praised document". |
| LiveWires Python Course | "A VERY well done programming tutorial for kids from 12 to 15" |
by Rob Andrews