Learning Python : powerful object-oriented programming

Dedication Preface Getting Started; Chapter 1: A Python Q&A Session; Chapter 2: How Python Runs Programs; Chapter 3: How You Run ProgramsTypes and Operations; Chapter 4: Introducing Python Object Types; Chapter 5: Numeric Types; Chapter 6: The Dynamic Typing Interlude; Chapter 7: String Fundamentals; Chapter 8: Lists and Dictionaries; Chapter 9: Tuples, Files, and Everything ElseStatements and Syntax; Chapter 10: Introducing Python Statements; Chapter 11: Assignments, Expressions, and PrintsChapter 12: if Tests and Syntax RulesChapter 13: while and for LoopsChapter 14: Iterations and Comprehensions; Chapter 15: The Documentation InterludeFunctions and Generators; Chapter 16: Function Basics; Chapter 17: Scopes; Chapter 18: Arguments; Chapter 19: Advanced Function Topics; Chapter 20: Comprehensions and Generations; Chapter 21: The Benchmarking InterludeModules and Packages; Chapter 22: Modules: The Big Picture; Chapter 23: Module Coding Basics; Chapter 24: Module Packages; Chapter 25: Advanced Module TopicsClasses and OOP; Chapter 26: OOP: The Big Picture; Chapter 27: Class Coding Basics; Chapter 28: A More Realistic Example; Chapter 29: Class Coding Details; Chapter 30: Operator Overloading; Chapter 31: Designing with Classes; Chapter 32: Advanced Class TopicsExceptions and Tools; Chapter 33: Exception Basics; Chapter 34: Exception Coding Details; Chapter 35: Exception Objects; Chapter 36: Designing with ExceptionsAdvanced Topics; Chapter 37: Unicode and Byte Strings; Chapter 38: Managed Attributes; Chapter 39: Decorators; Chapter 40: Metaclasses; Chapter 41: All Good Things Appendixes Installation and ConfigurationThe Python 3.3 Windows LauncherPython Changes and This BookSolutions to End-of-Part ExercisesColophon