Table of Contents

1 Installing Python.- 2 Your First Python Program.- 3 Native Datatypes.- 4 The Power of Introspection.- 5 Objects and Object-Orientation.- 6 Exceptions and File Handling.- 7 Regular Expressions.- 8 HTML Processing.- 9 XML Processing.- 10 Scripts and Streams.- 11 HTTP Web Services.- 12 SOAP Web Services.- 13 Unit Testing.- 14 Test-First Programming.- 15 Refactoring.- 16 Functional Programming.- 17 Dynamic Functions.- 18 Performance Tuning.- Appendix A Python License.- A. History of the Software.- B. Terms and Conditions for Accessing or Otherwise Using Python.- Appendix B GNU Free Documentation License.- 0. Preamble.- 1. Applicability and Definitions.- 2. Verbatim Copying.- 3. Copying in Quantity.- 4. Modifications.- 5. Combining Documents.- 6. Collections of Documents.- 7. Aggregation with Independent Works.- 8. Translation.- 9. Termination.- 10. Future Revisions of This License.- Addendum: How to Use This License for Your Documents.

About the Author

By day, Mark Pilgrim is a developer advocate for open source and open standards. By night, he is a husband and father who lives in North Carolina with his wife, his two sons, and his big slobbery dog. He spends his copious free time sunbathing, skydiving, and making up autobiographical information.