Dive Into Python

Dive Into Python, 9781590593561 (1590593561), Apress, 2004

Dive Into Python is a hands-on guide to the Python language. Each chapter starts with a real, complete code sample, proceeds to pick it apart and explain the pieces, and then puts it all back together in a summary at the end.

Python is a new and innovative scripting language. It is set to replace Perl as the programming language of choice for shell scripters, and for serious application developers wanting a feature-rich, yet simple language, with which to deploy their products.

This book is not for newbies, for wimps, or For Dummies™. It assumes a lot about you:

You know at least one real object-oriented language, such as Java, C#, or Delphi
You know at least one other scripting language, such as Perl, Visual Basic, or Javascript

Dive Into Python will be a guide for readers who can jump into languages fast and get going right away.

About the Author
Mark Pilgrim is an accessibility architect in the IBM Emerging Technologies Group. He is the author of several technical books, including Dive Into Accessibility, a free online tutorial on web accessibility. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and newborn son, and spends his copious free time sunbathing, skydiving, and reading Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

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