Documentation for the Python programming language

Locally written documentation:

Python 2.2 quick reference is a PostScript document summarizing Python (28 pp.). [PDF]
Tkinter reference: a GUI for Python describes how to write GUI applications in Python (84 pp.). [PDF]
See also `Tkinter: GUI programming with Python'.

Local copies of the official PostScript documentation from the Python Support Activity:

Python Tutorial [PostScript, 440kb, 109 pages]
Read this first to get the general flavor of the language.
Python Library Reference [PostScript, 1340kb, 319 pages]
This document describes the huge library of existing Python objects. Read it second.
Python Reference Manual [PostScript, 431kb, 65 pages]
Discusses fine points of the language but is not good as a tutorial. Read third.
Extending and embedding Python [PostScript, 298kb, 49 pages]
You can call other languages from Python, and call Python from other languages. Details are in this document.
The numarray package supports fast matrix operations. See the documentation, 169 pp.: [PDF format] [PostScript format]
The Python Imaging Library provides functions for reading, modifying, and writing image files. See the local documentation.: [HTML] [PDF] [PostScript] (12 pp.)

These books should be available from the TCC Help Desk:

Watters, Aaron; Guido van Rossum; and James C. Ahlstrom. Internet Programming With Python. M & T Books, 1996, paperback, includes CD-ROM. ISBN: 1558514848.
Lutz, Mark. Programming Python (Nutshell Handbook). O'Reilly & Associates, 1996, paperback, includes CD-ROM. ISBN: 1565921976.
Grayson, John E. Python and Tkinter programming. Manning, 2000, paperback. ISBN: 1884777813.

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