A Selection of Python References

• THE major, most important Python reference: www.python.org , the official web site for the Python language
  
  
• A small selection of the MANY available Python tutorials:
  • Guido van Rossum's Python Tutorial
    
    
  • Mark Pilgrim's Dive into Python
    
    
  • a Byte of Python - written for beginners, recommended by Andrew Olguin
    
    
  • Penzilla's Python Tutorial , recommended by Scott Boyce
  
  
• Python books that either I like, or students have recommended:
  • "Learning Python", by Mark Lutz and David Ascher, O'Reilly, 2nd Edition.
    
    
  • "Dive into Python", Mark Pilgrim - also available on-line, see above! 8-)
  
  
• String methods - Section 3.6.1 from the Python Library Reference: String Methods
• String formatting - Section 3.6.2 from the Python Library Reference: String Formatting Operations
• List methods and more - from Section 3.6.4 from the Python Library Reference: Mutable Sequence Types
• Dictionary methods and more - from Section 3.8 from the Python Library Reference: Mapping Types - dict
• File-handling references:
  • open built-in function - Python Library Reference: Section 2.1 - Built-in Functions - scroll down to see description of open built-in function
  • File methods - from Python Library Reference: Section 3.9 - File Objects
• A few references on GUI Programming in Python
  • EasyGui home page
  • wxPython home page
  • for much more, see Using Python for GUI Development , a link from www.python.org
  
  
• A Python-based game for those with too much time on their hands: The Python Challenge