Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional, 3rd Edition

ch 1 instant hacking: the basics.-CH 2 lists and tuples.-CH 3 Working with strings.-CH 4 dictionaries: when Indices won't do.-CH 5 conditionals, loops, and some other statements.-CH 6 abstraction.-CH 7 more abstraction.-CH 8 exceptions.-CH 9 magic methods, properties, and iterators.-CH 10 batteries included.-CH 11 files and stuff.-CH 12 graphical user interfaces.-CH 13 database support.-CH 14 Network programming.-CH 15 Python and the web.-CH 16 testing, 1-2-3.-CH 17 extending Python.-CH 18 packaging your programs.-CH 19 playful programming.-CH 20 Project 1: instant markup.-CH 21 Project 2: painting a pretty picture.-CH 22 Project 3: XML for all occasions.-CH 23 Project 4: in the News.-CH 24 Project 5: a virtual tea party.-CH 25 Project 6: remote editing with CGI.-CH 26 Project 7: your own Bulletin Board.-CH 27 Project 8: file sharing with XML-RPC.-CH 28 Project 9: file sharing II - now with GUI!.-CH 29 Project 10: do-it-yourself arcade game.-Appendix a: the short version.-Appendix B: Python reference.