Programming Python : Object-Oriented Scripting

by LUTZ MARK

• ISBN13: 9780596000851
• ISBN10: 0596000855
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Programming Python focuses on advanced applications of Python. Endorsed by Python creator Guido van Rossum, it demonstrates advanced Python techniques, and addresses software design issues such as reusability and object- oriented programming. The enclosed platform-neutral CD- ROM has book examples and various Python-related packages, including the full Python Version 2.0 source code distribution.

Author Biography

Mark Lutz is an independent Python trainer, writer, and software developer, and is one of the primary figures in the Python community. He is the author of the O'Reilly books Programming Python and Python Pocket Reference (both in 2nd Editions), and co-author of Learning Python (both in 2nd Editions). Mark has been involved with Python since 1992, began teaching Python classes in 1997, and has instructed over 90 Python training sessions as of early 2003. In addition, he holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, and over the last two decades has worked on compilers, programming tools, scripting applications, and assorted client/server systems. Whenever Mark gets a break from spreading the Python word, he leads an ordinary, average life with his kids in Colorado. Mark can be reached by email at , or on the web at http://www.rmi.net/~lutz.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface for the Second Edition	xv
Introducing Python	1	(10)
The Life of Python	3	(2)
The Compulsory Features List	5	(1)
What's Python Good For?	6	(2)
What's Python Not Good For?	8	(3)
I. System Interfaces	11	(236)
System Tools	13	(75)
Why Python Here?	13	(2)
System Scripting Overview	15	(7)
The sys Module	22	(3)
The os Module	25	(9)
Script Execution Context	34	(1)
Current Working Directory	34	(3)
Command-Line Arguments	37	(2)
Shell Environment Variables	39	(5)
Standard Streams	44	(14)
File Tools	58	(14)
Directory Tools	72	(16)
Parallel System Tools	88	(49)
Forking Processes	89	(6)
Threads	95	(12)
Program Exits	107	(6)
Interprocess Communication	113	(1)
Pipes	114	(8)
Signals	122	(3)
Launching Programs on Windows	125	(11)
Other System Tools	136	(1)
Larger System Examples I	137	(49)
Splitting and Joining Files	138	(10)
Generating Forward-Link Web Pages	148	(4)
A Regression Test Script	152	(3)
Packing and Unpacking Files	155	(11)
User-Friendly Program Launchers	166	(20)
Larger System Examples II	186	(61)
Fixing DOS Line Ends	186	(14)
Fixing DOS Filenames	200	(4)
Searching Directory Trees	204	(6)
Visitor: Walking Trees Generically	210	(17)
Copying Directory Trees	227	(5)
Deleting Directory Trees	232	(4)
Comparing Directory Trees	236	(11)
II. GUI Programming	247	(266)
Graphical User Interfaces	249	(44)
Python GUI Development Options	251	(2)
Tkinter Overview	253	(4)
Climbing the GUI Learning Curve	257	(33)
The End of the Tutorial	290	(1)
Python/Tkinter for Tcl/Tk Converts	291	(2)
A Tkinter Tour, Part 1	293	(66)
Configuring Widget Appearance	294	(3)
Toplevel Windows	297	(5)
Dialogs	302	(15)
Binding Events	317	(5)
Message and Entry	322	(8)
Checkbutton, Radiobutton, and Scale	330	(13)
Running GUI Code Three Ways	343	(9)
Images	352	(7)
A Tkinter Tour, Part 2	359	(75)
Menus	360	(12)
Listboxes and Scrollbars	372	(4)
Text	376	(12)
Canvas	388	(10)
Grids	398	(17)
Time Tools, Threads, and Animation	415	(10)
The End of the Tour	425	(1)
The PyDemos and PyGadgets Launchers	425	(9)
Larger GUI Examples	434	(79)
Advanced GUI Coding Techniques	436	(27)
Complete Program Examples	463	(1)
PyEdit: A Text Editor Program/Object	463	(15)
PyView: An Image and Notes Slideshow	478	(7)
PyDraw: Painting and Moving Graphics	485	(9)
PyClock: An Analog/Digital Clock Widget	494	(13)
PyToe: A Tic-Tac-Toe Game Widget	507	(4)
Where to Go from Here	511	(2)
III. Internet Scripting	513	(430)
Network Scripting	515	(56)
Plumbing the Internet	520	(6)
Socket Programming	526	(11)
Handling Multiple Clients	537	(21)
A Simple Python File Server	558	(13)
Client-Side Scripting	571	(111)
Transferring Files over the Net	572	(32)
Processing Internet Email	604	(29)
The PyMailGui Email Client	633	(36)
Other Client-Side Tools	669	(13)
Server-Side Scripting	682	(83)
What's a Server-Side CGI Script?	682	(6)
Climbing the CGI Learning Curve	688	(37)
The Hello World Selector	725	(8)
Coding for Maintainability	733	(9)
More on HTML and URL Escapes	742	(5)
Sending Files to Clients and Servers	747	(18)
Larger Web Site Examples I	765	(51)
The PyMailCgi Web Site	766	(3)
The Root Page	769	(3)
Sending Mail by SMTP	772	(6)
Reading POP Email	778	(19)
Utility Modules	797	(14)
CGI Script Trade-offs	811	(5)
Larger Web Site Examples II	816	(72)
The PyErrata Web Site	816	(4)
The Root Page	820	(2)
Browsing PyErrata Reports	822	(19)
Submitting PyErrata Reports	841	(13)
PyErrata Database Interfaces	854	(20)
Administrative Tools	874	(5)
Designing for Reuse and Growth	879	(9)
Advanced Internet Topics	888	(55)
Zope: A Web Publishing Framework	889	(4)
HTMLgen: Web Pages from Objects	893	(5)
JPython (Jython): Python for Java	898	(12)
Grail: A Python-Based Web Browser	910	(4)
Python Restricted Execution Mode	914	(3)
XML Processing Tools	917	(2)
Windows Web Scripting Extensions	919	(19)
Python Server Pages	938	(1)
Rolling Your Own Servers in Python	939	(4)
IV. Assorted Topics	943	(150)
Databases and Persistence	945	(40)
Persistence Options in Python	945	(1)
DBM Files	946	(3)
Pickled Objects	949	(3)
Shelve Files	952	(8)
SQL Database Interfaces	960	(2)
PyForm: A Persistent Object Viewer	962	(23)
Data Structures	985	(48)
Implementing Stacks	986	(10)
Implementing Sets	996	(9)
Binary Search Trees	1005	(4)
Graph Searching	1009	(4)
Reversing Sequences	1013	(2)
Permuting Sequences	1015	(2)
Sorting Sequences	1017	(2)
Data Structures Versus Python Built-ins	1019	(1)
PyTree: A Generic Tree Object Viewer	1020	(13)
Text and Language	1033	(60)
Strategies for Parsing Text in Python	1033	(1)
String Module Utilities	1034	(7)
Regular Expression Matching	1041	(9)
Parser Generators	1050	(1)
Hand-Coded Parsers	1051	(19)
PyCalc: A Calculator Program/Object	1070	(23)
V. Integration	1093	(92)
Extending Python	1095	(52)
C Extensions Overview	1097	(1)
A Simple C Extension Module	1097	(11)
The SWIG Integration Code Generator	1108	(6)
Wrapping C Environment Calls	1114	(5)
A C Extension Module String Stack	1119	(5)
A C Extension Type String Stack	1124	(13)
Wrapping C++ Classes with SWIG	1137	(10)
Embedding Python	1147	(38)
C Embedding API Overview	1147	(3)
Basic Embedding Techniques	1150	(12)
Registering Callback Handler Objects	1162	(5)
Using Python Classes in C	1167	(3)
ppembed: A High-Level Embedding API	1170	(10)
Other Integration Topics	1180	(5)
VI. The End	1185	(18)
Conclusion: Python and the Development Cycle	1187	(16)
``Something's Wrong with the Way We Program Computers''	1187	(1)
The ``Gilligan Factor''	1188	(1)
Doing the Right Thing	1189	(1)
Enter Python	1190	(1)
But What About That Bottleneck?	1191	(4)
On Sinking the Titanic	1195	(3)
So What's Python: The Sequel	1198	(1)
In the Final Analysis	1198	(1)
Postscript to the Second Edition	1199	(4)
A. Recent Python Changes	1203	(16)
B. Pragmatics	1219	(9)
C. Python Versus C++	1228	(5)
Index	1233