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Programming Python focuses on advanced applications of Python. Endorsed by Python creator Guido van Rossum, it demonstrates advanced Python techniques, and addresses software design issues such as reusability and object-oriented programming. The enclosed platform-neutral CD-ROM has book examples and various Python-related packages, including the full Python Version 2.0 source code distribution.
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Programming Python focuses on advanced uses of the Python programming/scripting language, which has evolved from an emerging language of interest primarily to pioneers, to a widely accepted tool that traditional programmers use for real day-to-day development tasks. With Python, you can do almost anything you can do with C ; but Python is an interpreted language designed for rapid application development and deployment. Among other things, Python supports object-oriented programming; a remarkably simple, readable, and maintainable syntax; integration with C components; and a vast collection of pre-coded interfaces and utilities. As Python has grown to embrace developers on a number of different platforms (Unix, Linux, Windows, Mac), companies have taken notice and are adopting Python for their products. It has shown up animating the latest Star Wars movie, serving up maps and directories on the Internet, guiding users through Linux installations, testing chips and boards, managing Internet discussion forums, scripting online games, and even scripting wireless products. Programming Python is the most comprehensive resource for advanced Python programmers available today. Reviewed and endorsed by Python creator Guido van Rossum, who also provides the foreword, this book zeroes in on real-world Python applications. It's been updated for Python 2.0 and covers Internet scripting, systems programming, Tkinter GUIs, C integration domains, and new Python tools and applications. Among them: IDLE, JYthon, Active Scripting and COM extensions, Zope, PSP server pages, restricted execution mode, the HTMLgen and SWIG code generators, thread support, CGI and Internet protocol modules. Such applications are the heart and soul of this second edition. Veteran O'Reilly author Mark Lutz has included a platform-neutral CD-ROM with book examples and various Python-related packages, including the full Python 2.0 source code distribution.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introducing Python
"And Now for Something Completely Different"
The Life of Python
The Compulsory Features List
What's Python Good For?
What's Python Not Good For?
System Interfaces
Chapter 2 System Tools
"The os.path to Knowledge"
Why Python Here?
System Scripting Overview
The sys Module
The os Module
Script Execution Context
Current Working Directory
Command-Line Arguments
Shell Environment Variables
Standard Streams
File Tools
Directory Tools
Chapter 3 Parallel System Tools
"Telling the Monkeys What to Do"
Forking Processes
Threads
Program Exits
Interprocess Communication
Pipes
Signals
Launching Programs on Windows
Other System Tools
Chapter 4 Larger System Examples I
"Splits and Joins and Alien Invasions"
Splitting and Joining Files
Generating Forward-Link Web Pages
A Regression Test Script
Packing and Unpacking Files
User-Friendly Program Launchers
Chapter 5 Larger System Examples II
"The Greps of Wrath"
Fixing DOS Line Ends
Fixing DOS Filenames
Searching Directory Trees
Visitor: Walking Trees Generically
Copying Directory Trees
Deleting Directory Trees
Comparing Directory Trees
GUI Programming
Chapter 6 Graphical User Interfaces
"Here's Looking at You, Kid"
Python GUI Development Options
Tkinter Overview
Climbing the GUI Learning Curve
The End of the Tutorial
Python/Tkinter for Tcl/Tk Converts
Chapter 7 A Tkinter Tour, Part 1
"Widgets and Gadgets and GUIs, Oh My!"
Configuring Widget Appearance
Toplevel Windows
Dialogs
Binding Events
Message and Entry
Checkbutton, Radiobutton, and Scale
Running GUI Code Three Ways
Images
Chapter 8 A Tkinter Tour, Part 2
"On Today's Menu: Spam, Spam, and Spam"
Menus
Listboxes and Scrollbars
Text
Canvas
Grids
Time Tools, Threads, and Animation
The End of the Tour
The PyDemos and PyGadgets Launchers
Chapter 9 Larger GUI Examples
"Building a Better Mouse Trap"
Advanced GUI Coding Techniques
Complete Program Examples
PyEdit: A Text Editor Program/Object
PyView: An Image and Notes Slideshow
PyDraw: Painting and Moving Graphics
PyClock: An Analog/Digital Clock Widget
PyToe: A Tic-Tac-Toe Game Widget
Where to Go from Here
Internet Scripting
Chapter 10 Network Scripting
"Tune in, Log on, and Drop out"
Plumbing the Internet
Socket Programming
Handling Multiple Clients
A Simple Python File Server
Chapter 11 Client-Side Scripting
"Socket to Me!"
Transferring Files over the Net
Processing Internet Email
The PyMailGui Email Client
Other Client-Side Tools
Chapter 12 Server-Side Scripting
"Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave"
What's a Server-Side CGI Script?
Climbing the CGI Learning Curve
The Hello World Selector
Coding for Maintainability
More on HTML and URL Escapes
Sending Files to Clients and Servers
Chapter 13 Larger Web Site Examples I
"Things to Do When Visiting Chicago"
The PyMailCgi Web Site
The Root Page
Sending Mail by SMTP
Reading POP Email
Utility Modules
CGI Script Trade-offs
Chapter 14 Larger Web Site Examples II
"Typos Happen"
The PyErrata Web Site
The Root Page
Browsing PyErrata Reports
Submitting PyErrata Reports
PyErrata Database Interfaces
Administrative Tools
Designing for Reuse and Growth
Chapter 15 Advanced Internet Topics
"Surfing on the Shoulders of Giants"
Zope: A Web Publishing Framework
HTMLgen: Web Pages from Objects
JPython ( Jython): Python for Java
Grail: A Python-Based Web Browser
Python Restricted Execution Mode
XML Processing Tools
Windows Web Scripting Extensions
Python Server Pages
Rolling Your Own Servers in Python
Assorted Topics
Chapter 16 Databases and Persistence
"Give Me an Order of Persistence, but Hold the Pickles"
Persistence Options in Python
DBM Files
Pickled Objects
Shelve Files
SQL Database Interfaces
PyForm: A Persistent Object Viewer
Chapter 17 Data Structures
"Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue; Lists Are Mutable, and So Is Class Foo"
Implementing Stacks
Implementing Sets
Binary Search Trees
Graph Searching
Reversing Sequences
Permuting Sequences
Sorting Sequences
Data Structures Versus Python Built-ins
PyTree: A Generic Tree Object Viewer
Chapter 18 Text and Language
"See Jack Hack. Hack, Jack, Hack"
Strategies for Parsing Text in Python
String Module Utilities
Regular Expression Matching
Parser Generators
Hand-Coded Parsers
PyCalc: A Calculator Program/Object
Integration
Chapter 19 Extending Python
"I Am Lost at C"
C Extensions Overview
A Simple C Extension Module
The SWIG Integration Code Generator
Wrapping C Environment Calls
A C Extension Module String Stack
A C Extension Type String Stack
Wrapping C Classes with SWIG
Chapter 20 Embedding Python
"Add Python. Mix Well. Repeat."
C Embedding API Overview
Basic Embedding Techniques
Registering Callback Handler Objects
Using Python Classes in C
ppembed: A High-Level Embedding API
Other Integration Topics
The End
Chapter 21 Conclusion: Python and the Development Cycle
"That's the End of the Book, Now Here's the Meaning of Life"
"Something's Wrong with the Way We Program Computers"
The "Gilligan Factor"
Doing the Right Thing
Enter Python
But What About That Bottleneck?
On Sinking the Titanic
So What's Python: The Sequel
In the Final Analysis...
Postscript to the Second Edition
Appendix A Recent Python Changes
Major Changes in 2.0
Major Changes in 1.6
Major Changes Between 1.3 and 1.5.2
Appendix B Pragmatics
Installing Python
Book Examples Distribution
Environment Configuration
Running Python Programs
Python Internet Resources
Appendix C Python Versus C
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