Basic Info
- python.org
- The main Python web site, which contains links to downloads, documentation, and more.
- Getting Python
- How to access Python on various platforms.
References
- Python 2.5 Quick Reference
- Concise reference. It's sometimes easier to find it here than in the Python documentation.
- Learning to Program
- A free Python web-book by Alan Gauld.
- Regular expression HOWTO
- Python regular expressions tutorial.
- Regular expression module reference
- Documentation and examples for Python's re module.
- Special methods reference
- Language reference for customizing special behaviors. Read this if you want to create classes that look like basic data types (e.g., numbers, mappings, sequences, functions, etc.).
Advocacy
- Why Python?
- An article by hacker Eric Raymond about why he chooses Python.
Administrivia
- Requesting a UNIX account from UTCS
- You'll need a UNIX account for this course.
- turnin Tutorial
- How to use turnin to submit your homeworks.