Python : Python : Introduction to Python

This is a very comprehensive 10 part Python tutorial that introduces the reader informally to the basic concepts and features of the Python language and system. It helps to have a Python interpreter handy for hands-on experience, but all examples are self-contained, so the tutorial can be read off-line as well.

This is probably the socond best tutorial on the web on Python. Why second best you ask? Simple because www.python.org has already done such a wonderfull job on thier tutorial. But if you want to get your hands dirty from the start, you may want to take a whack out our Python tutorial thats assembled for the beginners.

Along with several other popular scripting languages, Python is an excellent tool for scanning and manipulating textual data. This article summarizes Python's text processing facilities for the programmer new to Python. The article explains some general concepts of regular expressions and offers advice on when to use (or not use) regular expressions while processing text.

Python has a very extensive, well documented and portable module library that provides a large variety of useful functions. The Internet-related collection is particularly impressive, with modules to deal with everything from parsing and retrieving URL's to retrieving mail from POP servers and everything in between. Main topics include: Why should my next CGI project be in Python? Your First CGI program in Python, Getting some real work done, Defining a useful Display function, Putting the pieces together, and Simple Database Access.

This is a quick overview of Python script language. Dicussion includes comparison to other scripting languages, Using the Python CGI Module, debugging, and more.