Includes index. "The expert's voice in Open Source"--Cover.

Instant hacking: the basics -- Lists and tuples -- Working with strings -- Dictionaries: when indices won't do -- Conditionals, loops, and some other statements -- Abstraction -- More abstraction -- Exceptions -- Magic methods, properties, and iterators -- Batteries included -- Files and stuff -- Graphical user interfaces -- Database support -- Network programming -- Python and the web -- Testing, 1-2-3 -- Extending Python -- Packaging your programs -- Playful programming -- Project 1: instant markup -- Project 2: painting a pretty picture -- Project 3: XML for all occasions -- Project 4: in the news -- Project 5: a virtual tea party -- Project 6: remote editing with CGI -- Project 7: your own bulletin board -- Project 8: file sharing with XML-RPC -- Project 9: file sharing II - now with GUI! -- Project 10: do-it-yourself arcade game -- Appendices.