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Beginning Python: Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1 /by James Payne (Author) .Beginning Python: Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1 introduces this open source, portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language that combines remarkable power with clear syntax.
This book enables you to quickly create robust, reliable, and reusable Python applications by teaching the basics so you can quickly develop Web and scientific applications, incorporate databases, and master systems tasks on various operating systems, including Linux, MAC OS, and Windows. You'll get a comprehensive tutorial that guides you from writing simple, basic Python scripts all the way through complex concepts, and also featuresa reference of the standard modules with examples illustrating how to implement features in the various modules. Plus, the book covers using Python in specific program development domains, such as XML, databases, scientific applications, network programming, and Web development. 
* Introduces the concepts of variables for storing and manipulating data
* Examines files and input/output for reading or writing data
* Reviews examples of often-overlooked features of Python
* Delves into writing tests for modules and programs
* Addresses programming with a graphical user interface in Python
* Places special focus on XML, HTML, XSL, and related technologies
* Explains how to extend Python
* Shares numerical programming techniques
* Offers an inside look at Jython, a version of Python written in Java