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  • Core Python Programming
  • Written by author Wesley Chun
  • Published by Prentice Hall, October 2006
  • Praise for Core Python Programming "The long-awaited second edition of Wesley Chun's Core Python Programming proves to be well worth the wait–its deep and broad coverage and useful exercises will help readers learn and practice goo
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Preface xxiii Acknowledgments xxxv Part I: Core Python 2Chapter 1 Welcome to Python! 4

1.1 What Is Python? 5

1.2 Origins 6

1.3 Features 6

1.4 Downloading and Installing Python 11

1.5 Running Python 13

1.6 Python Documentation 22

1.7 Comparing Python 23

1.8 Other Implementations 26

1.9 Exercises 27

Chapter 2 Getting Started 30

2.1 Program Output, the print Statement, and "Hello World!" 32

2.2 Program Input and the raw_input() Built-in Function 33

2.3 Comments 35

2.4 Operators 35

2.5 Variables and Assignment 37

2.6 Numbers 37

2.7 Strings 39

2.8 Lists and Tuples 40

2.9 Dictionaries 40

2.10 Code Blocks Use Indentation 41

2.11 if Statement 41

2.12 while Loop 42

2.13 for Loop and the range() Built-in Function 43

2.14 List Comprehensions 45

2.15 Files and the open() and file() Built-in Functions 46

2.16 Errors and Exceptions 47

2.17 Functions 48

2.18 Classes 50

2.19 Modules 52

2.20 Useful Functions 54

2.21 Exercises 55

Chapter 3 Python Basics 60

3.1 Statements and Syntax 61

3.2 Variable Assignment 64

3.3 Identifiers 67

3.4 Basic Style Guidelines 69

3.5 Memory Management 75

3.6 First Python Programs 79

3.7 Related Modules/Developer Tools 84

3.8 Exercises 85

Chapter 4 Python Objects 88

4.1 Python Objects 89

4.2 Other Built-in Types 91

4.3 Internal Types 93

4.4 Standard Type Operators 96

4.5 Standard Type Built-in Functions 101

4.6 Categorizing the Standard Types 111

4.7 Unsupported Types 116

4.8 Exercises 117

Chapter 5 Numbers 120

5.1 Introduction to Numbers 121

5.2 Integers 122

5.3 Double Precision Floating Point Numbers 125

5.4 Complex Numbers 126

5.5 Operators 127

5.6 Built-in and Factory Functions 136

5.7 Other Numeric Types 145

5.8 Related Modules 148

5.9 Exercises 151

Chapter 6 Sequences: Strings, Lists, and Tuples 156

6.1 Sequences 158

6.2 Strings 168

6.3 Strings and Operators 170

6.4 String-Only Operators 178

6.5 Built-in Functions 184

6.6 String Built-in Methods 188

6.7 Special Features of Strings 192

6.8 Unicode 197

6.9 Related Modules 206

6.10 Summary of String Highlights 208

6.11 Lists 209

6.12 Operators 211

6.13 Built-in Functions 216

6.14 List Type Built-in Methods 220

6.15 Special Features of Lists 224

6.16 Tuples 232

6.17 Tuple Operators and Built-in Functions 233

6.18 Special Features of Tuples 235

6.19 Related Modules 239

6.20 *Copying Python Objects and Shallow and Deep Copies 240

6.21 Summary of Sequences 243

6.22 Exercises 246

Chapter 7 Mapping and Set Types 252

7.1 Mapping Type: Dictionaries 253

7.2 Mapping Type Operators 258

7.3 Mapping Type Built-in and Factory Functions 260

7.4 Mapping Type Built-in Methods 265

7.5 Dictionary Keys 268

7.6 Set Types 273

7.7 Set Type Operators 276

7.8 Built-in Functions 280

7.9 Set Type Built-in Methods 281

7.10 Operator, Function/Method Summary Table for Set Types 283

7.11 Related Modules 283

7.12 Exercises 285

Chapter 8 Conditionals and Loops 290

8.1 if Statement 291

8.2 else Statement 292

8.3 elif (aka else-if) Statement 294

8.4 Conditional Expressions (aka "the Ternary Operator") 295

8.5 while Statement 296

8.6 for Statement 298

8.7 break Statement 304

8.8 continue Statement 305

8.9 pass Statement 306

8.10 else Statement . . . Take Two 307

8.11 Iterators and the iter() Function 309

8.12 List Comprehensions 313

8.13 Generator Expressions 315

8.14 Related Modules 320

8.15 Exercises 320

Chapter 9 Files and Input/Output 324

9.1 File Objects 325

9.2 File Built-in Functions [open() and file()] 326

9.3 File Built-in Methods 329

9.4 File Built-in Attributes 336

9.5 Standard Files 337

9.6 Command-Line Arguments 338

9.7 File System 339

9.8 File Execution 348

9.9 Persistent Storage Modules 348

9.10 Related Modules 351

9.11 Exercises 353

Chapter 10 Errors and Exceptions 358

10.1 What Are Exceptions? 360

10.2 Exceptions in Python 361

10.3 Detecting and Handling Exceptions 364

10.4 Context Management 382

10.5 *Exceptions as Strings 386

10.6 Raising Exceptions 386

10.7 Assertions 389

10.8 Standard Exceptions 391

10.9 *Creating Exceptions 394

10.10 Why Exceptions (Now)? 401

10.11 Why Exceptions at All? 402

10.12 Exceptions and the sys Module 403

10.13 Related Modules 404

10.14 Exercises 405

Chapter 11 Functions and Functional Programming 408

11.1 What Are Functions? 408

11.2 Calling Functions 409

11.3 Creating Functions 412

11.4 Passing Functions 418

11.5 Formal Arguments 428

11.6 Variable-Length Arguments 433

11.7 Functional Programming 439

11.8 Variable Scope 453

11.9 Recursion 466

11.10 Generators 467

11.11 Exercises 471

Chapter 12 Modules 476

12.1 What Are Modules? 477

12.2 Modules and Files 478

12.3 Namespaces 480

12.4 Importing Modules 484

12.5 Features of Module Import 486

12.6 Module Built-in Functions 491

12.7 Packages 493

12.8 Other Features of Modules 496

12.9 Related Modules 500

12.10 Exercises 501

Chapter 13 Object-Oriented Programming 504

13.1 Introduction 506

13.2 Object-Oriented Programming 514

13.3 Classes 518

13.4 Class Attributes 520

13.5 Instances 526

13.6 Instance Attributes 531

13.7 Binding and Method Invocation 540

13.8 Static Methods and Class Methods 542

13.9 Composition 544

13.10 Subclassing and Derivation 545

13.11 Inheritance 547

13.12 Built-in Functions for Classes, Instances, and Other Objects 558

13.13 Customizing Classes with Special Methods 564

13.14 Privacy 585

13.15 *Delegation 587

13.16 Advanced Features of New-Style Classes (Python 2.2+) 595

13.17 Related Modules and Documentation 615

13.18 Exercises 618

Chapter 14 Execution Environment 626

14.1 Callable Objects 628

14.2 Code Objects 635

14.3 Executable Object Statements and Built-in Functions 636

14.4 Executing Other (Python) Programs 649

14.5 Executing Other (Non-Python) Programs 653

14.6 Restricted Execution 663

14.7 Terminating Execution 663

14.8 Miscellaneous Operating System Interface 666

14.9 Related Modules 668

14.10 Exercises 668

Part II: Advanced Topics 670Chapter 15 Regular Expressions 672

15.1 Introduction/Motivation 673

15.2 Special Symbols and Characters 676

15.3 REs and Python 683

15.4 Regular Expressions Example 698

15.5 Exercises 705

Chapter 16 Network Programming 710

16.1 Introduction 711

16.2 Sockets: Communication Endpoints 715

16.3 Network Programming in Python 718

16.4 *SocketServer Module 732

16.5* Introduction to the Twisted Framework 737

16.6 Related Modules 741

16.7 Exercises 742

Chapter 17 Internet Client Programming 746

17.1 What Are Internet Clients? 747

17.2 Transferring Files 748

17.3 Network News 756

17.4 Electronic Mail 766

17.5 Related Modules 778

17.6 Exercises 779

Chapter 18 Multithreaded Programming 786

18.1 Introduction/Motivation 787

18.2 Threads and Processes 789

18.3 Python, Threads, and the Global Interpreter Lock 790

18.4 thread Module 795

18.5 threading Module 800

18.6 Related Modules 814

18.7 Exercises 814

Chapter 19 GUI Programming 818

19.1 Introduction 819

19.2 Tkinter and Python Programming 821

19.3 Tkinter Examples 826

19.4 Brief Tour of Other GUIs 840

19.5 Related Modules and Other GUIs 848

19.6 Exercises 851

Chapter 20 Web Programming 854

20.1 Introduction 855

20.2 Web Surfing with Python: Creating Simple Web Clients 859

20.3 Advanced Web Clients 869

20.4 CGI: Helping Web Servers Process Client Data 875

20.5 Building CGI Applications 878

20.6 Using Unicode with CGI 892

20.7 Advanced CGI 894

20.8 Web (HTTP) Servers 906

20.9 Related Modules 909

20.10 Exercises 913

Chapter 21 Database Programming 918

21.1 Introduction 919

21.2 Python Database Application Programmer's Interface (DB-API) 924

21.3 Object-Relational Managers (ORMs) 946

21.4 Related Modules 958

21.5 Exercises 960

Chapter 22 Extending Python 962

22.1 Introduction/Motivation 963

22.2 Extending Python by Writing Extensions 965

22.3 Related Topics 981

22.4 Exercises 982

Chapter 23 Miscellaneous 984

23.1 Web Services 985

23.2 Programming Microsoft Office with Win32 COM 989

23.3 Python and Java Programming with Jython 1002

23.4 Exercises 1006

Appendix A Answers to Selected Exercises 1011Appendix B Reference Tables 1021Index 1049


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