Python Essential Reference - Softcover

Beazley, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672328623 ISBN 13: 9780672328626

Publisher: Sams, 2006

Synopsis

Python Essential Reference, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive reference to the Python programming language. The focus of this latest edition is to add coverage of significant new features and new library modules added to the language over the past five years. Clearly written with concise organization, the new features covered include new style classes, unification of types and classes, xmlrpclip, intertools, bz2 and optparse, making it the most up-to-date Python book on the market.

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About the Author

David Beazley is a developer of several software development tools including SWIG (a popular tool for integrating C/C++ programs with other programming languages including Python, Perl, Tcl, Ruby, PHP, Java) and PLY) a Python version of the lex/yacc parsing tools). Beazley has been programming Python since 1996 and helped pioneer the use of Python with scientific computing software while working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. From 1998-2005 he was assistant professor in the Department of computer Science at the University of Chicago where he enjoyed tormenting students with insane projects in operating systems, networks, and compilers. Currently he is a freelance software developer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672328623
• ISBN 13: 9780672328626
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 648