Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Alex Martelli (born October 5, 1955) is an Italian computer engineer and member of the Python Software Foundation. Since early 2005, he works as "Über Tech Lead" for Google, Inc. in Mountain View, California. He holds a Laurea in Electrical Engineering from Bologna University (1980); he is the author of Python in a Nutshell, co-editor of the Python Cookbook, and has written other (mostly Python-related) materials. Martelli won the 2002 Activators' Choice Award, and the 2006 Frank Willison award for outstanding contributions to the Python community.

出版者:O'Reilly Media

作者:Alex Martelli

页数:738

出版时间:2006-7-24

价格:USD 39.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780596100469

图书标签:pythonO'Reillyprogramming编程nutshell计算机程序设计Python

This book offers Python programmers one place to look when they need help remembering or deciphering the syntax of this open source language and its many powerful but scantily documented modules. This comprehensive reference guide makes it easy to look up the most frequently needed information--not just about the Python language itself, but also the most frequently used parts of the standard library and the most important third-party extensions. Ask any Python aficionado and you'll hear that Python programmers have it all: an elegant object-oriented language with readable and maintainable syntax, that allows for easy integration with components in C, C++, Java, or C#, and an enormous collection of precoded standard library and third-party extension modules. Moreover, Python is easy to learn, yet powerful enough to take on the most ambitious programming challenges. But what Python programmers used to lack is a concise and clear reference resource, with the appropriate measure of guidance in how best to use Python's great power. Python in a Nutshell fills this need. Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition covers more than the language itself; it also deals with the most frequently used parts of the standard library, and the most popular and important third party extensions. Revised and expanded for Python 2.5, this book now contains the gory details of Python's new subprocess module and breaking news about Microsoft's new IronPython project. Our "Nutshell" format fits Python perfectly by presenting the highlights of the most important modules and functions in its standard library, which cover over 90% of your practical programming needs. This book includes: * A fast-paced tutorial on the syntax of the Python language * An explanation of object-oriented programming in Python * Coverage of iterators, generators, exceptions, modules, packages, strings, and regular expressions * A quick reference for Python's built-in types and functions and key modules * Reference material on important third-party extensions, such as Numeric and Tkinter * Information about extending and embedding Python Python in a Nutshell provides a solid, no-nonsense quick reference to information that programmers rely on the most. This book will immediately earn its place in any Python programmer's library. Praise for the First Edition: "In a nutshell, Python in a Nutshell serves one primary goal: to act as an immediately accessible goal for the Python language. True, you can get most of the same core information that is presented within the covers of this volume online, but this will invariably be broken into multiple files, and in all likelihood lacking the examples or the exact syntax description necessary to truly understand a command." --Richard Cobbett, Linux Format "O'Reilly has several good books, of which Python in a Nutshell by Alex Martelli is probably the best for giving you some idea of what Python is about and how to do useful things with it." --Jerry Pournelle, Byte Magazine

读后感

买了之后就基本没用过。 首先这本书完全不是一本python入门书。 作为查api的书，我个人觉得不是很有必要吧。毕竟python内置的help还是很方便使用的。网上也有好多文档。 我个人是觉得书的主要作用就是可以随身带着，哪天翻翻。。。但是这本书显然不在此列。

好好的书又被糟蹋了。 什么叫“解除绑定方法”？ unbound 就非要翻译成动词短语么？！ Python CookBook 翻译成 Python 食谱。 好，这个可以原谅。 后面说明怎么是xxx网站主要用来动态收集与Python程序有关的食谱？！？！？！？！  

我只看了此书的Chapter 6 Exception,有帮助，很好的回答了最近困扰我的两个问题： （1）Why should we use exception in Python ? （2）When should I use exception in Python ? 与我的问题类似的的另一个问题：http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/219320/when-...  

该写明的内容都十分到位的写到了，言简意赅，比上网查快捷方便，不浪费编程的时间，是python编程时的案头速查首选。  

好好的书又被糟蹋了。 什么叫“解除绑定方法”？ unbound 就非要翻译成动词短语么？！ Python CookBook 翻译成 Python 食谱。 好，这个可以原谅。 后面说明怎么是xxx网站主要用来动态收集与Python程序有关的食谱？！？！？！？！  

用户评价

内容很全，不过太多细节不适合初学。

hand book ，获取了新知识

这是我买的第一本E文书

肯能是 O'Reilly 早期出版的书吧，字体、排版不易读

案头必备