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Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object-oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications. It is now being used by an increasing number of major organizations, including NASA and Google.

This book offers Python programmers one place to look when they needhelp remembering or deciphering the syntax of this open source languageand its many powerful but scantily documented modules. Thiscomprehensive reference guide makes it easy to look up the mostfrequently needed information – not just about the Python languageitself, but also the most frequently used parts of the standard libraryand the most important third-party extensions.

Useful in many roles, from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and maintenance, Python is consistently ranked among today’s most popular programming languages. The third edition of this practical book provides a quick reference to the language—including Python 3.5, 2.7, and highlights of 3.6—commonly used areas of its vast standard library, and some of the most useful third-party modules and packages.

The “Python in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, 3rd Edition” is an instructive book to learn about Python in depth. Alex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft, and Steve Holden are the authors of this book. Alex Martelli has taught programming languages, development methods, and numerical computing at Ferrara University and other venues. This book is both an introduction and a guide to Python and a language reference. The author uses a few chapters on a quick refresher on those topics and then he moves on. He starts out with simple examples and then they get more and more complex, but you are never lost. Each topic is covered clearly and concisely and packed with the details that you learn to be truly effective. It also helps you set up everything if in case you do not know. This book also covers a wide range of application areas, such as web and network programming, XML handling, database interactions, and much more. To be honest, Python, in a Nutshell, is a very helpful book for newbies and professional Python programmers. To sum it up, Python, in a Nutshell, is the only book you need to get serious with Python.