TY - BOOK AU - Payne,James TI - Beginning python: using python 2.6 and python 3.1 SN - 9780470414637 U1 - 055.133 PY - 2010/// CY - Indianapolis, IN PB - John Wiley & Sons Inc KW - Python (Computer program language) N1 - Includes index; Part I. Dipping Your Toe into Python Part II. Python Language and the Standard Library Part III. Putting Python to Work Part IV. Appendices N2 - "Beginning Python: Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1 introduces this open source, portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language that combines remarkable power with clear syntax. This book enables you to quickly create robust, reliable, and reusable Python applications by teaching the basics so you can quickly develop Web and scientific applications, incorporate databases, and master systems tasks on various operating systems, including Linux, MAC OS, and Windows. You'll get a comprehensive tutorial that guides you from writing simple, basic Python scripts all the way through complex concepts, and also features a reference of the standard modules with examples illustrating how to implement features in the various modules. Plus, the book covers using Python in specific program development domains, such as XML, databases, scientific applications, network programming, and Web development"--Provided by publisher ER -