Python.
Build your next skill.

• Whetting Your Appetite
• Using the Python Interpreter
• An Informal Introduction to Python
• More Control Flow Tools
• Data Structures
• Modules
• Input and Output
• Errors and Exceptions
• Classes
• Brief Tour of the Standard Library
• Brief Tour of the Standard Library — Part II
• Virtual Environments and Package

Data Structures

• More on Lists
• The del statement
• Tuples and Sequences
• Sets
• Dictionaries
• Looping Techniques
• More on Conditions
• Comparing Sequences and Other Types

Modules

• More on Modules
• Standard Modules
• The dir() Function
• Packages

Brief Tour of the Standard Library

• Operating System Interface
• File Wildcards
• Command Line Arguments
• Error Output Redirection and Program Termination
• String Pattern Matching
• Mathematics
• Internet Access
• Dates and Times
• Data Compression
• Performance Measurement
• Quality Control
• Batteries Included

Errors and Exceptions

• Syntax Errors
• Exceptions
• Handling Exceptions
• Raising Exceptions
• User-defined Exceptions
• Defining Clean-up Actions
• Predefined Clean-up Actions

Classes

• A Word About Names and Objects
• Python Scopes and Namespaces
• A First Look at Classes
• Random Remarks
• Inheritance
• Private Variables
• Odds and Ends
• Iterators
• Generators
• Generator Expressions

Brief Tour of the Standard Library — Part II

• Output Formatting
• Templating
• Working with Binary Data Record Layouts
• Multi-threading
• Logging
• Weak References
• Tools for Working with Lists
• Decimal Floating Point Arithmetic

Virtual Environments and Packages

• Introduction
• Creating Virtual Environments
• Managing Packages with pip