Includes index.

A taste of Py -- Py ingredients : numbers, strings, and variables -- Py filling : lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets -- Py crust : code structures -- Py boxes : modules, packages, and programs -- Oh oh : objects and classes -- Mangle data like a pro -- Data has to go somewhere -- The web, untangled -- Systems -- Concurrency and networks -- Be a Pythonista -- Py art -- Py at work -- Py sci -- Install Python 3 -- Answers to exercises -- Cheat sheets.

deal for beginning programmers as well as those new to the language ... takes you from the basics to more involved and varied topics, mixing tutorials with cookbook-style code recipes to explain concepts in Python3 ... You'll gain a strong foundation in the language, including best practices for testing, debugging, code reuse, and other development tips. This book also shows you how to use Python for applications in business, science and the arts, using various Python tools and open source packages