- 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
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