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Add more links to the 'What Next?' section; rewrite to be briefer
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Reading this tutorial has probably reinforced your interest in using
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Reading this tutorial has probably reinforced your interest in using
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Python --- you should be eager to apply Python to solving your
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Python --- you should be eager to apply Python to solving your
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real-world problems. Now what should you do?
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real-world problems. Where should you go to learn more?
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You should read, or at least page through, the
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This tutorial is part of Python's documentation set.
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\citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference},
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Some other documents in the set are:
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which gives complete (though terse) reference material about types,
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functions, and modules that can save you a lot of time when writing
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Python programs. The standard Python distribution includes a
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\emph{lot} of additional code. There are modules to read
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\UNIX{} mailboxes, retrieve documents via HTTP, generate random
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numbers, parse command-line options, write CGI programs, compress
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data, and a lot more; skimming through the Library Reference will give
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you an idea of what's available.
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The major Python Web site is \url{http://www.python.org/}; it contains
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}:
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You should browse through this manual, which gives complete (though
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terse) reference material about types, functions, and the modules in
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the standard library. The standard Python distribution includes a
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\emph{lot} of additional code. There are modules to read \UNIX{}
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mailboxes, retrieve documents via HTTP, generate random numbers, parse
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command-line options, write CGI programs, compress data, and many other tasks.
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Skimming through the Library Reference will give you an idea of
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what's available.
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\item \citetitle[../inst/inst.html]{Installing Python Modules}
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explains how to install external modules written by other Python
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users.
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\item \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Language Reference}: A detailed
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explanation of Python's syntax and semantics. It's heavy reading,
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but is useful as a
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\end{itemize}
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More Python resources:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \url{http://www.python.org}: The major Python Web site. It contains
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code, documentation, and pointers to Python-related pages around the
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code, documentation, and pointers to Python-related pages around the
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Web. This Web site is mirrored in various places around the
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Web. This Web site is mirrored in various places around the
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world, such as Europe, Japan, and Australia; a mirror may be faster
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world, such as Europe, Japan, and Australia; a mirror may be faster
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than the main site, depending on your geographical location.
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than the main site, depending on your geographical location.
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Many more user-created Python modules
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can be found in the \ulink{Python Package
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\item \url{http://docs.python.org}: Fast access to Python's
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Index}{http://www.python.org/pypi} (PyPI).
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documentation.
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\item \url{http://cheeseshop.python.org}:
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The Python Package Index, nicknamed the Cheese Shop,
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is an index of user-created Python modules that are available for
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download. Once you begin releasing code, you can register it
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here so that others can find it.
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\item \url{http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/}: The
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Python Cookbook is a sizable collection of code examples, larger
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modules, and useful scripts. Particularly notable contributions are
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collected in a book also titled \citetitle{Python Cookbook} (O'Reilly
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\& Associates, ISBN 0-596-00797-3.)
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\end{itemize}
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For Python-related questions and problem reports, you can post to the
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For Python-related questions and problem reports, you can post to the
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newsgroup \newsgroup{comp.lang.python}, or send them to the mailing
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newsgroup \newsgroup{comp.lang.python}, or send them to the mailing
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