Python essential reference

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beazley, David M., Author.

Series:

Developer's Library

Developer's library Python essential reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Python (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v. (unpaged))

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Addison Wesley 2009

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Python Essential Reference is the definitive reference guide to the Python programming language — the one authoritative handbook that reliably untangles and explains both the core Python language and the most essential parts of the Python library. Designed for the professional programmer, the book is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. It also includes detailed information on the Python library and many advanced subjects that is not available in either the official Python documentation or any other single reference source. Thoroughly updated to reflect the significant new programming language features and library modules that have been introduced in Python 2.6 and Python 3, the fourth edition of Python Essential Reference is the definitive guide for programmers who need to modernize existing Python code or who are planning an eventual migration to Python 3. Programmers starting a new Python project will find detailed coverage of contemporary Python programming idioms. This fourth edition of Python Essential Reference features numerous improvements, additions, and updates: Coverage of new language features, libraries, and modules Practical coverage of Python's more advanced features including generators, coroutines, closures, metaclasses, and decorators Expanded coverage of library modules related to concurrent programming including threads, subprocesses, and the new multiprocessing module Up-to-the-minute coverage of how to use Python 2.6’s forward compatibility mode to evaluate code for Python 3 compatibility Improved organization for even faster answers and better usability Updates to reflect modern Python programming style and idioms Updated and improved example code Deep coverage of low-level system and networking library modules — including options not covered in the standard documentation

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

I: The Python Language

1 A Tutorial Introduction

Running Python

Variables and Arithmetic Expressions

Conditionals

File Input and Output

Strings

Lists

Tuples

Sets

Dictionaries

Iteration and Looping

Functions

Generators

Coroutines

Objects and Classes

Exceptions

Modules

Getting Help

2 Lexical Conventions and Syntax

Line Structure and Indentation

Identifiers and Reserved Words

Numeric Literals

String Literals

Containers

Operators, Delimiters, and Special Symbols

Documentation Strings

Decorators

Source Code Encoding

3 Types and Objects

Terminology

Object Identity and Type

Reference Counting and Garbage Collection

References and Copies

First-Class Objects

Built-in Types for Representing Data

Built-in Types for Representing Program Structure

Built-in Types for Interpreter Internals

Object Behavior and Special Methods

4 Operators and Expressions

Operations on Numbers

Operations on Sequences

String Formatting

Advanced String Formatting

Operations on Dictionaries

Operations on Sets

Augmented Assignment

The Attribute (.) Operator

The Function Call () Operator

Conversion Functions

Boolean Expressions and Truth Values

Object Equality and Identity

Order of Evaluation

Conditional Expressions

5 Program Structure and Control Flow

Program Structure and Execution

Conditional Execution

Loops and Iteration

Context Managers and the with Statement

Assertions and __debug__

6 Functions and Functional Programming

Parameter Passing and Return Values

Scoping Rules

Functions as Objects and Closures

Generators and yield

Coroutines and yield Expressions

Using Generators and Coroutines.

List Comprehensions

Generator Expressions

Declarative Programming

The lambda Operator

Recursion

Function Attributes

eval(), exec(), and compile()

7 Classes and Object-Oriented Programming

The class Statement

Class Instances

Inheritance

Polymorphism Dynamic Binding and Duck Typing

Static Methods and Class Methods

Properties

Descriptors

Data Encapsulation and Private Attributes

Object Memory Management

Object Representation and Attribute Binding

__slots__

Operator Overloading

Types and Class Membership Tests

Abstract Base Classes

Metaclasses

Class Decorators

8 Modules, Packages, and Distribution

Modules and the import Statement

Importing Selected Symbols from a Module

Execution as the Main Program

The Module Search Path

Module Loading and Compilation

Module Reloading and Unloading

Packages

Distributing Python Programs and Libraries

Installing Third-Party Libraries

9 Input and Output

Reading Command-Line Options

Environment Variables

Files and File Objects

Standard Input, Output, and Error

The print Statement

The print() Function

Variable Interpolation in Text Output

Generating Output

Unicode String Handling

Unicode I/O

Object Persistence and the pickle Module

10 Execution Environment

Interpreter Options and Environment

Interactive Sessions

Launching Python Applications

Site Configuration Files

Per-user Site Packages

Enabling Future Features

Program Termination

11 Testing, Debugging, Profiling, and Tuning

Documentation Strings and the doctest Module

Unit Testing and the unittest Module

The Python Debugger and the pdb Module

Program Profiling

Tuning and Optimization

II: The Python Library

12 Built-In Functions and Exceptions.

Built-in Functions and Types

Built-In Exceptions

Built-In Warnings

future_builtins

13 Python Runtime Services

atexit

copy

gc

inspect

marshal

pickle

sys

traceback

types

warnings

weakref

14 Mathematics

decimal

fractions

math

numbers

random

15 Data Structures, Algorithms, and Code Simplification

abc

array

bisect

collections

contextlib

functools

heapq

itertools

operator

16 String and Text Handling

codecs

re

string

struct

unicodedata

17 Python Database Access

Relational Database API Specification

sqlite3 Module

DBM-Style Database Modules

shelve Module

18 File and Directory Handling

bz2

filecmp

fnmatch

glob

gzip

shutil

tarfile

tempfile

zipfile

zlib

19 Operating System Services

commands

configParser, Configparser

datetime

errno

fcntl

io

logging

mmap

msvcrt

optparse

os

os.path

signal

subprocess

time

winreg

20 Threads and Concurrency

Basic Concepts

Concurrent Programming and Python

multiprocessing

threading

queue, Queue

Coroutines and Microthreading

21 Network Programming and Sockets

Network Programming Basics

asynchat

asyncore

select

socket

ssl

SocketServer

22 Internet Application Programming

ftplib

http Package

smtplib

urllib Package

xmlrpc Package

23 Web Programming

cgi

cgitb

wsgiref

webbrowser

24 Internet Data Handling and Encoding

base64

binascii

csv

email Package

hashlib

hmac

HTMLParser

json

mimetypes

quopri

xml Package

25 Miscellaneous Library Modules

Python Services

String Processing

Operating System Modules

Network

Internet Data Handling

Internationalization

Multimedia Services

Miscellaneous.

III: Extending and Embedding

26 Extending and Embedding Python

Extension Modules

Embedding the Python Interpreter

ctypes

Advanced Extending and Embedding

Jython and IronPython

Appendix: Python 3

Who Should Be Using Python 3?

New Language Features

Source Code Encoding and Identifiers

Set Literals

Set and Dictionary Comprehensions

Extended Iterable Unpacking

Nonlocal Variables

Function Annotations

Keyword-Only Arguments

Ellipsis as an Expression

Chained Exceptions

Improved super()

Advanced Metaclasses

Common Pitfalls

Text Versus Bytes

New I/O System

print() and exec() Functions

Use of Iterators and Views

Integers and Integer Division

Comparisons

Iterators and Generators

File Names, Arguments, and Environment Variables

Library Reorganization

Absolute Imports

Code Migration and 2to3

Porting Code to Python 2.6

Providing Test Coverage

Using the 2to3 Tool

A Practical Porting Strategy

Simultaneous Python 2 and Python 3 Support

Participate

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780768687026

0768687020

9780768687019

0768687012

9780768687040

0768687047

OCLC:

317878900