Python, Second Edition

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This best-selling reference's visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with this popular programming language in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Python, leading software application expert Chris Fehily uses crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to show how to use and introduce you everything that's new in Python 2.4. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to do everything from writing simple scripts to developing Web sites to creating complex applications. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of the notable changes in Python 2.4, including improvements to the importing of modules; function decorators; generator expressions; a number of new modules (including subprocess, decimal, and cookielib); a host of bug fixes and other improvements; and more!