Web Directory

» 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.
   http://www.sthurlow.com/python/

» A Course in Python/CGI
   This site contains materials from a 13 week course for learning Python and CGI. Suited for self-study.
   http://www.upriss.org.uk/python/PythonCourse.html

» A Quick Tour of Python
   Short overview of some basics, for users with some programming knowledge.
   http://stsdas.stsci.edu/pyraf/python_quick_tour.html

» About.com: Python
   Includes articles on simple script solutions, database management, web development, network protocols, and other advanced topics.
   http://python.about.com/

» An Introduction to Tkinter
   By Fredrik Lundh. Official tutorial for Tkinter, standard Python interface to Tk GUI toolkit; widget configuration, styling; function/method bindings to widget events; documents all Tkinter widgets, classes. Formats: PDF, HTML.
   http://www.pythonware.com/library/an-introduction-to-tkinter.htm

» Cameron Laird on Python and the Web
   Discusses both client-side and server-side Web programming.
   http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/web_python.html

» Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python
   A tutorial that teaches common Python programming idioms used by experienced programmers, but may not be obvious to newcomers.
   http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/handout.html

» Five Minutes to a Python CGI
   By David Mertz. Brief introduction to writing CGI programs, Python CGI module, formatting output, error logging/debugging.
   http://www.ddj.com/184412536

» Instant Hacking
   By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal, concise, general introduction to programming, via Python, moves very quickly. English, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Korean.
   http://hetland.org/writing/instant-hacking.html

» 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.
   http://hetland.org/writing/instant-python.html

» JPython: The Felicitous Union of Python and Java
   Excerpt from O'Reilly book: Learning Python.
   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/ch10_fel.html

» Learning Python
   By Mark Lutz, David Ascher. Samples from O'Reilly book. Has manipulating data structures, files, programs; internet programming; JPython, now Jython, Python implementation for the Java platform.
   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/

» One Day of IDLE Toying
   By Danny Yoo. Visual guide to using IDLE, a simple interactive shell for Python programming. Each step of this tutorial has screenshots for absolute beginners. English, Dutch, German; Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese; Indonesian.
   http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/

» Programming Python, 2nd Edition
   By Mark Lutz. O'Reilly book sample. Introduces Internet related topics: Zope (web publishing framework), HTMLgen (makes web pages from objects), Jython (Python for Java), XML processing, server pages, Windows web scripting extensions, restricted execution
   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/python2/chapter/ch15.html

» Python Babysteps Tutorial
   Preliminary tutorial, prepares absolute beginners for other tutorials. Walks reader through installing on Windows, using Integrated DeveLopment Environment (IDLE), writing a simple program.
   http://www.coolnamehere.com/geekery/python/pythontut.html

» Python CGI
   An Interactive Instruction.
   http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lab2q/

» 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.
   http://wiki.python.org/moin/DatabaseProgramming/

» Python HOWTO Documents
   Pointers to various helpful Python-related HOWTO documents.
   http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/

» Python Idioms and Efficiency
   A guide to Python programming idioms, and suggestions for writing more elegant Python programs.
   http://jaynes.colorado.edu/PythonIdioms.html

» Python Knowledge Base
   Links, questions and answers in a categorized, searchable format.
   http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/199/

» Python Library Reference Search
   Online. Also the search can be downloaded for mirroring and off-line use.
   http://zvon.org/other/python/PHP/search.php

» Python Programming Tutorial
   By Richard G. Baldwin. Separate lessons teach programming basics. Free online, fee download files.
   http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocpyth.htm

» 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.
   http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3946

» 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;
   http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/PQR.html

» Python Recipes
   Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes.
   http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/

» Python SIGs
   Archives of current and past listserv discussions on a LOT of interesting topics. GREAT for researching problems.
   http://www.python.org/community/sigs/

» Python Tutorial
   Introduction to Python, where to find it, how to install, and create a very simple script.
   http://www.mtdev.com/2002/08/python-tutorial

» Python and UML
   Can the UML help Python developers? How about CP4E?
   http://www.objectsbydesign.com/projects/python_uml.html

» Python for Beginners
   New to programming? This page lists some places that can get you started quickly.
   http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

» Serpia, Python matters
   A collection of Python-related tutorials.
   http://www.serpia.org/

» TCC Publications: Programming Languages
   Python language quick reference (28 pp), Tkinter reference (84 pp), Python Imaging Library PIL quick reference (6 pp). Postscript and PDF formats available.
   http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/lang.html

» Tutorialized.com - Free Python tutorials
   A collection of Python tutorials from resources around the Internet.
   http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Python/1

» Wikibooks Programming Python
   A tutorial for python on Wikibooks. It is editable by anyone.
   http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Python

» Writing CGI Programs in Python
   Introduces using Python for CGI applications. Has database access examples. Several parts. [Developer Shed]
   http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Writing-CGI-Programs-in-Python/