The Python Standard Library by Example

The first complete, hands-on guide to Python Standard Library: explains every technique through proven, easy-to reuse code examples!

Teaches through concise, modular examples: for all Python developers, regardless of experience.
Covers text, data types, algorithms, dates/times, math, files/directories, compression, persistence, email, crypto, concurrency, networking, XML, runtime and language services, modules, packages, and many other topics.
Based on a blog series which earned 239,000+ page views in '09 alone
This is the most comprehensive, practical guide to the Python Standard Library. Building on a blog series that attracted over 239,000 page views in one year alone, Doug Hellmann introduces virtually all important areas of the PSL through concise, standalone, downloadable code examples that are easy to learn from and reuse. This code-centric book focuses on 'showing' not 'telling,' demonstrating code behavior through working examples, not lengthy narratives. Its sample programs are short, but complete enough to fully demonstrate each feature. Organized logically, with each section focused on one module, it will serve as both an ideal tutorial and long-term reference. Python Standard Library by Example is based on the newly released Python 2.7,the last official feature-release of the 2.x series, and a release that will be supported for many years. Its wide-ranging coverage includes: text, data types, algorithms, dates/times, math, file/directory access, data compression, file formats, data persistence, Internet data, email, cryptography, concurrency, networking, Internet protocols, XML, internationalization, development tools, runtime and language services, modules, packages, and much more.