Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Praise for the second edition

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this book

About the cover illustration

1. Starting out

Chapter 1. About Python

1.1. Why should I use Python?

1.2. What Python does well

1.2.1. Python is easy to use

1.2.2. Python is expressive

1.2.3. Python is readable

1.2.4. Python is complete—“batteries included”

1.2.5. Python is cross-platform

1.2.6. Python is free

1.3. What Python doesn’t do as well

1.3.1. Python isn’t the fastest language

1.3.2. Python doesn’t have the most libraries

1.3.3. Python doesn’t check variable types at compile time

1.3.4. Python doesn’t have much mobile support

1.3.5. Python doesn’t use multiple processors well

1.4. ...

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