Section B.5. Python Internet Resources
Finally, Table B-1 lists some of the most useful Internet sites for Python information and resources. Nearly all of these are accessible from Pythons home page (http://www.python.org) and most are prone to change over time, so be sure to consult Pythons home page for up-to-date details.
Introducing Python
- And Now for Something Completely Different
- The Life of Python
- The Compulsory Features List
- Whats Python Good For?
- Whats Python Not Good For?
Part I: System Interfaces
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
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
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
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
Part II: GUI Programming
Graphical User Interfaces
- Heres 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
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
A Tkinter Tour, Part 2
- On Todays 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
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
Part III: Internet Scripting
Network Scripting
- Tune in, Log on, and Drop out
- Plumbing the Internet
- Socket Programming
- Handling Multiple Clients
- A Simple Python File Server
Client-Side Scripting
- Socket to Me!
- Transferring Files over the Net
- Processing Internet Email
- The PyMailGui Email Client
- Other Client-Side Tools
Server-Side Scripting
- Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave
- Whats 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
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
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
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
Part IV: Assorted Topics
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
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
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
Part V: Integration
Extending Python
- 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
Embedding Python
- 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
VI: The End
Conclusion Python and the Development Cycle
- 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
- Section A.1. Major Changes in 2.0
- Section A.2. Major Changes in 1.6
- Section A.3. Major Changes Between 1.3 and 1.5.2
- Appendix B Pragmatics
- Section B.1. Installing Python
- Section B.2. Book Examples Distribution
- Section B.3. Environment Configuration
- Section B.4. Running Python Programs
- Section B.5. Python Internet Resources
- Appendix C. Python Versus C++
Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 1435455002
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2000
Pages: 245
Pages: 245
Authors: Michael Dawson
