Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction |
1 |
| Python gets the Job Done |
2 |
| What Python doesn't do well (by itself) |
6 |
| Python and the Internet |
9 |
| Background |
11 |
| Fasten your seatbelt, and have fun |
12 |
Chapter 2
Bird's eye Python |
13 |
| This chapter introduces some of the primary syntactic and semantic
features of the Python Language. |
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| A Python Program |
13 |
| Execution Modes |
16 |
| Embedded Python |
19 |
| Indentation Block Structure |
19 |
| A Fearless Tour of Python Types |
23 |
Chapter 3
Playing |
41 |
| This chapter introduces the basic components of a Python program
using interactive ``play'' with the interpreter. Much of the chapter discusses
character string manipulation in detail, because this provides a very accessible
platform for illustrating the language, and because strings are important
especially in network programming. |
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| Playing with Strings |
41 |
| Playing with Lists |
70 |
| Playing with Dictionaries |
77 |
| An Abstract Data Type: Priority Queues |
86 |
Chapter 4
Intrinsic Operations |
95 |
| This chapter summarizes most of the features of the Python language
in a single place by discussing the intrinsic operations of basic object
types. |
|
| Generic Intrinsic Operations |
97 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Dictionaries |
103 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Numeric Types |
106 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Sequences |
111 |
| Special Intrinsic Operations for Strings |
120 |
| Special Intrinsic Operations for Lists |
125 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Files |
133 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Callable Objects |
137 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Objects with Attributes |
141 |
| Simple Minded Multiple Inheritance Example |
144 |
| Instance Methods and the Automatic Binding of self |
146 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Modules |
148 |
| Intrinsic Operations for Executing Data |
150 |
| What Next? |
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Chapter 5
Syntax and Control |
151 |
| This chapter covers detailed issues of the syntax and semantics
of Python control constructs. |
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| Expressions |
151 |
| Literals |
157 |
| Operator Precedence |
161 |
| Variables and Scoping |
162 |
| Declarations |
170 |
| Assignments |
174 |
| The if Statement |
175 |
| Loops |
175 |
| Function and Method Definition |
180 |
| Class Definition |
185 |
| Exceptions |
187 |
| Miscellaneous |
195 |
Chapter 6
More Goodies |
197 |
| A number of issues relating to Python Programming that don't
fall into other categories are explained here. |
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| Symbolic Constants |
197 |
| the if __name__="__main__" convention |
198 |
| How to load a module twice and why you shouldn't |
199 |
| The "Pound Bang Hack" |
200 |
| Input and Output |
201 |
| Byte Compilation |
201 |
| The Module Search Path |
202 |
| Memory Management |
202 |
| Local Scopes Don't Nest |
203 |
| Recursion |
205 |
| Class Instance Magic |
207 |
| Documentation Strings |
211 |
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Chapter 7
Generating HTML: A case study in dynamic objects
|
213 |
| This chapter makes use of Python's advanced object model to develop
tools for automatically formatting complex HTML constructs. |
|
| What HTML looks like |
214 |
| How HTML Works |
217 |
| A False Start: Generating Tables the Wrong Way |
221 |
| The Right Way to Generate HTML |
235 |
| Summary |
280 |
Chapter 8
CGI Programming |
281 |
| This chapter describes the CGI mechanism used with the HTTP protocol
to allow clients to submit data to a Web site and recieve responses from
Web servers. |
|
| How CGI Works |
282 |
| Following a CGI Request |
285 |
| The CGI Life Cycle |
292 |
| GET Requests with Query Strings |
293 |
| Using the cgi Module |
301 |
| URL Encoded Post Requests |
306 |
| Handling Buggy or Malicious POSTs |
309 |
| Multipart Form Data POST Requests |
313 |
| Doing a Professional Job |
315 |
| A Superclass for cgi Programs |
317 |
| FORM Input Elements |
321 |
| File Upload |
327 |
| Generating FORMs |
328 |
| Summary |
329 |
Chapter 9
Protocols |
331 |
| This chapter discusses the use of sockets and other tools to
develop and implement network protocols. |
|
| A finger Client |
333 |
| A finger Server |
337 |
| CGI/HTTP Robot Clients |
340 |
| A Polling Robot Event Loop |
344 |
| Custom HTTP Servers |
348 |
| The Standards |
350 |
| A Guide to the Tools |
351 |
| Summary |
353 |
Chapter 10
GUI Programming with Python |
355 |
| This chapter introduces the basic concepts for using Python as
a graphical user interface programming language, with detailed examples.
|
|
| A Crash Course on GUI Objects |
357 |
| GUI Hello World in Tkinter and WPY |
361 |
| An HTML Viewer |
364 |
| HTML Viewer Design |
366 |
| HTML Viewer GUI Classes |
367 |
| HTML Viewer Parser Classes |
372 |
| Summary |
380 |
Chapter 11
Extending Python |
381 |
| This chapter describes how to add new compiled components to
the Python interpreter, either statically or via dynamically loaded libraries.
|
|
| On Reading the Python Source |
382 |
| Motivation for this extension |
383 |
| User's view of the extension module |
384 |
| General Form of an extension module |
388 |
| Compiling and Linking the Module |
390 |
| Detailed Implementation |
396 |
| Implementing Built in Functions |
396 |
| Managing Reference Counts |
400 |
| PyArg_ParseTuple |
403 |
| Debugging Tricks |
405 |
| Python Exceptions in C |
406 |
| Implementing a new type |
407 |
| A Brief Tour of the Python header files |
423 |
Chapter 12
Embedding Python |
425 |
| This chapter describes how Python can be integrated as a component
of another program, including a detailed discussion of embedding Python
under a Netscape Server program using the NSAPI interface. |
|
| Why embed Python under the NSAPI? |
426 |
| Why embed Python under other software? |
427 |
| A General Strategy |
427 |
| the NSAPI embedding outline |
429 |
| Initialization |
430 |
| Configuration |
434 |
| What the Server Calls |
435 |
| What nsapimodule.c calls |
435 |
| What Python calls back |
437 |
| Compiling and Linking |
441 |
| Summary and Example |
443 |
Appendix 1
Python versus similar languages |
447 |
Appendix 2
Guide to standard Libraries |
451 |
Appendix 3
Regular Expressions |
455 |
Appendix 4
How to get Python |
467 |
| Index |
469 |
