Python Standard Library (Nutshell Handbooks) with - Softcover

Lundh, Fredrik; Lutz, Mark

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9780596000967: Python Standard Library (Nutshell Handbooks) with
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0596000960 ISBN 13: 9780596000967
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 2001

Synopsis

Python Standard Library is an essential guide for serious Python programmers. Python is a modular language that imports most useful operations from the standard library (basic support modules; operating system interfaces; network protocols; file formats; data conversions; threads and processes; and data storage). You can't really program in Python without using it. In this book, author Fredrik Lundh, creator of the Python Imaging Library (PIL), delivers tested, accurate documentation of all the modules in the Python Standard Library, along with over 300 annotated example scripts using the modules. Python Standard Library renders this valuable information in a clean, easy-to-read format, yet doesn't talk down to readers. This accurate and complete reference documentation is for the Python programmer who wants the facts and little else. The book is based on the author's work with the Python newsgroup: he reviewed more than 2500 questions and answers to that newsgroup in order to make sure the book covered what Python users really wanted to know. An earlier version of this book has been available electronically for over a year, so the material has been tested by Python programmers in real-life applications. This version of Python Standard Library covers all the new modules and related information for Python 2.0, the first new major release of Python in four years.

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About the Author

Fredrik Lundh is a principal of Secret Labs, Inc., the creators of PythonWorks, an integrated development environment (IDE) for Python. He is an expert on the use of Python with images and graphics and is also the creator of the Python Imaging Library (PIL). He is an active member of the Python community and a frequent contributor to the Python newsgroups.

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Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0596000960
ISBN 13 
9780596000967
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
300
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