scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1314307

The first named author of this book is well-known in the Python community: He has already written the ``Python Pocket Reference and ``Programming Python (1996; Zbl 0863.68027). Whereas the former is what the title says and the latter is more a handbook than a textbook, the book under review is a well written and clearly structured tutorial, which is perfectly suited for self study. The organisation of the book is dictated by the Python language: The first part describes the core language and the second the outer layers. The sequence of chapters gives a clear impression of the book's structure: After an introductory ``getting started chapter follow ``Types and Operators and ``Basic Statements. Then three chapters on program structuring mechanisms, namely ``Functions, ``Modules and ``Classes. The first part is concluded with an ``Exceptions chapter. The second part describes ``Built-in Tools, ``Common Tasks in Python and ``Frameworks and Applications. The book concludes with some Appendices, including ``Solutions to Exercices, which are spread throughout the text, and which make the book a primary reference for self study.

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