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Python Pocket Reference: Python In Your Pocket (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))
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Updated for both Python 3.4 and 2.7, this convenient pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job quick reference. Youâ??ll find concise, need-to-know information on Python types and statements, special method names, built-in functions and exceptions, commonly used standard library modules, and other prominent Python tools. The handy index lets you pinpoint exactly what you need.
Written by Mark Lutzâ??widely recognized as the worldâ??s leading Python trainerâ??Python Pocket Reference is an ideal companion to Oâ??Reillyâ??s classic Python tutorials, Learning Python and Programming Python, also written by Mark.
This fifth edition covers:
- Built-in object types, including numbers, lists, dictionaries, and more
- Statements and syntax for creating and processing objects
- Functions and modules for structuring and reusing code
- Pythonâ??s object-oriented programming tools
- Built-in functions, exceptions, and attributes
- Special operator overloading methods
- Widely used standard library modules and extensions
- Command-line options and development tools
- Python idioms and hints
- The Python SQL Database API
- ISBN-101449357016
- ISBN-13978-1449357016
- Edition5th
- PublisherO'Reilly Media
- Publication dateMarch 11, 2014
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions4.25 x 0.5 x 7 inches
- Print length262 pages
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Mark is the author of the three O’Reilly books: Learning Python, Programming Python, and Python Pocket Reference, all currently in fourth or fifth editions. He has been using and promoting Python since 1992, started writing Python books in 1995, and began teaching Python classes in 1997. As of Spring 2013, Mark has instructed 260 Python training sessions, taught roughly 4,000 students in live classes, and written Python books that have sold 400,000 units and been translated to at least a dozen languages.
Together, his two decades of Python efforts have helped to establish it as one of the most widely used programming languages in the world today. In addition, Mark has been in the software field for 30 years. He holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin where he explored implementations of the Prolog language, and over his career has worked as a professional software developer on compilers, programming tools, scripting applications, and assorted client/server systems.
Mark maintains a training website (http://learning-python.com) and an additional book support site on the Web (http://www.rmi.net/~lutz).
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- Publisher : O'Reilly Media
- Publication date : March 11, 2014
- Edition : 5th
- Language : English
- Print length : 262 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1449357016
- ISBN-13 : 978-1449357016
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 4.25 x 0.5 x 7 inches
- Part of series : Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)
- Best Sellers Rank: #67,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10 in Object-Oriented Software Design
- #14 in Object-Oriented Design
- #38 in Python Programming
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Mark Lutz is the author of Python's classic and foundational texts, a former trainer with two decades of experience teaching Python to newcomers, and one of the people responsible for the prominence that Python enjoys today. For more info, see the author's books and programming site at learning-python.com.

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