Mark Lutz is a world-renowned leader in Python training and a pioneering figure in the Python community, authoring its earliest and best-selling texts. His extensive work has been instrumental in establishing Python as one of the most widely-used programming languages globally. Lutz has been actively involved with Python since 1992, beginning with writing books and teaching in the mid-90s. His deep expertise in both teaching and writing has made him a central figure in software development, with contributions spanning compilers, scripting applications, and client-server systems.
Updated for both Python 3.4 and 2.7, this guide provides concise information on Python types and statements, special method names, built-in functions and exceptions, commonly used standard library modules, and other prominent Python tools.--From back cover.
An introduction to the Python programming language - an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, and portable scripting language. This book introduces the elements of Python: types, operators, statements, functions, modules, and exceptions