- Copyright
- About the Author
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Dipping Your Toe into Python
- 1. Programming Basics and Strings
- 2. Numbers and Operators
- 3. Variables — Names for Values
- II. Python Language and the Standard Library
- 4. Making Decisions
- 5. Functions
- 5.1. Putting Your Program into Its Own File
- 5.2. Functions: Grouping Code under a Name
- 5.2.1. Choosing a Name
- 5.2.2. Describing a Function in the Function
- 5.2.3. The Same Name in Two Different Places
- 5.2.4. Making Notes to Yourself
- 5.2.5. Asking a Function to Use a Value You Provide
- 5.2.6. Checking Your Parameters
- 5.2.7. Setting a Default Value for a Parameter — Just in Case
- 5.2.8. Calling Functions from within Other Functions
- 5.2.9. Functions Inside of Functions
- 5.2.10. Flagging an Error on Your Own Terms
- 5.3. Layers of Functions
- 5.4. Summary
- 5.5. Exercises
- 6. Classes and Objects
- 7. Organizing Programs
- 8. Files and Directories
- 9. Other Features of the Language
- 10. Building a Module
- 11. Text Processing
- III. Putting Python to Work
- 12. Testing
- 13. Writing a GUI with Python
- 14. Accessing Databases
- 15. Using Python for XML
- 15.1. What Is XML?
- 15.2. What Is a Schema/DTD?
- 15.3. Document Type Definitions
- 15.4. Schemas
- 15.5. XPath
- 15.6. HTML as a Subset of XML
- 15.7. XML Libraries Available for Python
- 15.8. What Is SAX?
- 15.9. Why Use SAX or DOM
- 15.10. SAX and DOM Parsers Available for Python
- 15.11. Intro to XSLT
- 15.12. What Is lxml?
- 15.13. Element Classes
- 15.14. Parsing with lxml
- 15.15. Summary
- 15.16. Exercises
- 16. Network Programming
- 16.1. Understanding Protocols
- 16.2. Sending Internet E-mail
- 16.3. Retrieving Internet E-mail
- 16.4. Socket Programming
- 16.4.1. Introduction to Sockets
- 16.4.2. Binding to an External Hostname
- 16.4.3. The Mirror Server
- 16.4.4. The Mirror Client
- 16.4.5. SocketServer
- 16.4.6. Multithreaded Servers
- 16.4.7. The Python Chat Server
- 16.4.8. Design of the Python Chat Server
- 16.4.9. The Python Chat Server Protocol
- 16.4.10. The Python Chat Client
- 16.4.11. Single-Threaded Multitasking with select
- 16.5. Other Topics
- 16.6. Summary
- 16.7. Exercises
- 17. Extension Programming with C
- 18. Numerical Programming
- 19. An Introduction to Django
- 19.1. What Are Frameworks and Why Would I Use One?
- 19.2. Other Features of Web Frameworks
- 19.3. Django — How It All Began
- 19.4. Understanding Django's Architecture
- 19.5. Working with Templates
- 19.6. Using Templates and Views
- 19.7. Creating a Model: Creating an Application
- 19.8. Summary
- 19.9. Exercises
- 20. Web Applications and Web Services
- 20.1. REST: The Architecture of the Web
- 20.2. HTTP: Real-World REST
- 20.3. CGI: Turning Scripts into Web Applications
- 20.4. HTML Forms' Limited Vocabulary
- 20.5. Safety When Accessing Form Values
- 20.6. Building a Wiki
- 20.7. Web Services
- 20.8. REST Web Services
- 20.9. XML-RPC
- 20.10. SOAP
- 20.11. Documenting Your Web Service API
- 20.12. Choosing a Web Service Standard
- 20.13. Web Service Etiquette
- 20.14. Summary
- 20.15. Exercises
- 21. Integrating Java with Python
- 21.1. Scripting within Java Applications
- 21.2. Comparing Python Implementations
- 21.3. Installing Jython
- 21.4. Running Jython
- 21.5. Running Jython on Your Own
- 21.6. Packaging Jython-Based Applications
- 21.7. Integrating Java and Jython
- 21.8. Testing from Jython
- 21.9. Embedding the Jython Interpreter
- 21.10. Handling Differences between C-Python and Jython
- 21.11. Summary
- 21.12. Exercises
- IV. Appendices
- A. Answers to the Exercises
- A.1. Chapter 1
- A.2. Chapter 2
- A.3. Chapter 3
- A.4. Chapter 4
- A.5. Chapter 5
- A.6. Chapter 6
- A.7. Chapter 7
- A.8. Chapter 8
- A.9. Chapter 9
- A.10. Chapter 10
- A.11. Chapter 11
- A.12. Chapter 13
- A.13. Chapter 14
- A.14. Chapter 15
- A.15. Chapter 16
- A.16. Chapter 17
- A.17. Chapter 18
- A.18. Chapter 19
- A.19. Chapter 20
- A.20. Chapter 21
- B. Online Resources
- C. What's New in Python 3.1
- D. Glossary
- A. Answers to the Exercises
James Payne (Margate, FL) is Editor-in-Chief of Developer Shed, Inc. and has been writing and programming since the age of seven years old. Proficient in many languages, he has written over 400 articles covering practically every major programming language. As a contractor, he develops proprietary software for the financial industry using Python and likes to dabble in Django in his spare time.
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