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A Quick Tour of Python

Short overview of some basics, for users with some programming knowledge.

Python Documentation Index

Official tutorial and references, including library/module usage, Macintosh libraries, language syntax, extending/embedding, and the Python/C API. Also links to off-site beginners' tutorials, HOWTOs, and many special interest topics.

Python Programming Tutorial

By Richard G. Baldwin. Separate lessons teach programming basics. Free online, fee download files.

Python Quick Reference

By Simon Brunning. Thorough 'cheat sheet'; brief reminders for nearly each language aspect: syntax nuances; built-in features, statements, modules; basic, advanced types, operations; lexical entities, common development tools. For several Python versions; HTML, Zip, Windows Help, text.

Python and UML - Objects by Design

Can the UML help Python developers? How about CP4E?

A Course in Python/CGI

This site contains materials from a 13 week course for learning Python and CGI. Suited for self-study.

Wikibooks Programming Python

A tutorial for python on Wikibooks. It is editable by anyone.

A Beginner's Python Tutorial

A Python tutorial originally written for the modding community of Firaxis' Civilization. Useful to beginners with little or no programming knowledge.

Five Minutes to a Python CGI

By David Mertz. Brief introduction to writing CGI programs, Python CGI module, formatting output, error logging/debugging.

Python for Beginners

New to programming? This page lists some places that can get you started quickly.

Python Programming for Beginners

Shows how to write programs that use command-line options, read and write to pipes, access environment variables, handle interrupts, read from and write to files, create temporary files, write to system logs.

Python SIGs

Archives of current and past listserv discussions on a LOT of interesting topics. GREAT for researching problems.

Instant Python

By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal introduction for experienced programmers. Treats basics, OO programming, Jedi mind trick. English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; German, Norwegian; Lithuanian, Polish, Russian; Japanese, Korean.

Instant Hacking

By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal, concise, general introduction to programming, via Python, moves very quickly. English, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Korean.

Python Database Programming

Programs can use minimal code to access, display, and update a database. This guide provides "links to relevant Python modules, documentation, and projects" concerning databases, as well as adding persistence to Python objects.

ThoughtCo - Python Programming

Includes articles on simple script solutions, database management, web development, network protocols, and other advanced topics.

Python Recipes

Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes.