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Beginning Python Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition

by Peter C. Norton; Alex Samuel; Dave Aitel

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  • This tutorial offers readers a thorough introduction to programming in Python 2.4, the portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language that combines power with clear syntax
  • Beginning programmers will quickly learn to develop robust, reliable, and reusable Python applications for Web development, scientific applications, and system tasks for users or administrators
  • Discusses the basics of installing Python as well as the new features of Python release 2.4, which make it easier for users to create scientific and Web applications
  • Features examples of various operating systems throughout the book, including Linux, Mac OS X/BSD, and Windows XP

First line

The first thing you need to understand about computers when you're programming is that you control the computer.

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  • Title Beginning Python
  • Author Peter C. Norton; Alex Samuel; Dave Aitel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 649
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wrox Press, Indianapolis, IN
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780764596544 / 0764596543
  • Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 7.36 x 1.5 in (22.81 x 18.69 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Python (Computer program language)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005013968
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.133

About the author

Peter Norton (NY, NY) has been working with Unix and Linux for over a decade at companies large and small solving problems with Linux. An officer of the NY Linux Users Group, he can be found on the nylug-talk mailing list. Peter coauthored Professional RHEL3. He works for a very large financial company in NYC, plying his Python and open-source skills.

Alex Samuel (San Diego, CA) has developed software for biology researchers and now studies highenergy physics at Caltech. Alex has worked on many GNU/Linux development tools, including GCC, and co-founded CodeSourcery LLC, a consulting firm specializing in GNU/Linux development tools.

David Aitel (NY, NY) is the CEO of Immunity and a coauthor of Shellcoder's Handbook.

Eric Foster-Johnson (Minneapolis, MN) uses Python extensively with Java, and is a veteran author, most recently completing Beginning Shell Scripting.

Leonard Richardson (San Francisco, CA) writes useful Python packages with silly names.

Jason Diamond (CA) Jason Diamond is a software development instructor for DevelopMentor and a consultant specializing in C++, .NET, Python, and XML. He spends most of his spare time contributing to open-source projects using his favorite language, Python.

Aleathea Parker (San Francisco CA) is a programmer working as a publication engineer for a major software company, coding primarily in Python and XSLT. She has a background in web applications and content management.

Michael Roberts (Puerto Rico) has been programming professionally in C, Perl, and Python for long enough that Python didn't actually exist when he started. He is the chief perpetrator of the wftk open-source workflow toolkit, and he swears that it will someday be finished, for certain values of -finished-.

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