Python Pocket Reference

Mark Lutz is a Python trainer, writer, and software developer. He is also a leading figure in the Python community. Mark has been involved with Python since 1992 and began teaching Python classes in 1997. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, and has worked on FORTRAN compilers, C debuggers, scripting languages, and development environments. He is the author of Programming Python, 2nd Edition, and co-author of Learning Python.

Introduction Conventions Command-Line Options Environment Variables Built-in Types and Operators Specific Built-in Types Statements and Syntax Specific Statements Namespace and Scope Rules Object-Oriented Programming Operator Overloading Methods Built-in Functions Built-in Exceptions Built-in Attributes Built-in Modules The sys Interpreter Module The string Module and Methods The os System Module The re Pattern-Matching Module Object Persistence Modules Tkinter GUI Module and Tools Internet Modules and Tools Other Built-in Modules Major Python/C API Tools Python Portable SQL Database API Python Idioms and Hints