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Sean's Python Page

You can pick up the examples from Sean's talk at Linux Expo 98 at:

An example of processing an html form with a python cgi.
Download: cgiform.py
View source: cgiform.txt
An example of a script which monitors whether a process is alive and restarts it if it isn't.
Download: checkpid.py
View source: checkpid.txt
A script that fetches a url file from the internet.
Download: geturl.py
View source: geturl.txt
An example of a simple Tkinter gui script.
Download: guihello.py
View source: guihello.txt
A small database.
Download: phonedb.py
View source: phonedb.txt
A network monitoring script which pings hosts.
Download: pinghosts.py
View source: pinghosts.txt
A script which fetches files from the internet and prints all of the images and
Download: showhrefs.py
View source: showhrefs.txt hrefs in it.

All of these programs are released under the GNU General Public License.

Python Resources

The best source for python documentation, sample code and modules is www.python.org.

A good introductory book is Mark Lutz's Programming Python (Nutshell Handbook). I particularly enjoyed the degree of attention he paid to demonstrating many different ways of accomplishing the same task. It is a very good, gentle introduction to object-oriented programming in python.
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Mark Lutz, the author of Programming Python, has written a Pocket Reference, so you can keep Python at your fingertips.
You can order it directly from Amazon.com

The book by the Python gurus, including the original language author, Guido van Rossum. Comes with a CD-ROM. You can order it directly from Amazon.com

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