Chapter 16. Network Programming

Chapter Topics

• Introduction: Client/Server Architecture

• Sockets: Communication Endpoints

  • Socket Addresses

  • Connection-Oriented versus Connectionless Sockets

• Network Programming in Python

  • socket Module

  • Socket Object Methods

  • TCP/IP Client and Server

  • UDP/IP Client and Server

• SocketServer Module

• *Introduction to the Twisted Framework

• Related Modules

In this section, we will take a brief look at network programming using sockets. We will first present some background information on network programming, how sockets apply to Python, and then show you how to use some of Python's modules to build networked applications.