About the Python Pocket Reference, 1st Edition

Overview I'm the author of a short, quick-reference book, which covers the Python programming language and its most commonly used libraries and tools. It's called the Python Pocket Reference, is 75 pages long, and was first published by O'Reilly, in October 1998. As of 3/99, this book was in its 2nd printing. German, Japanese, and French language translations of this book have also been published. The Python Pocket Reference covers Python 1.5.1, and is aimed at advanced programmers, and readers who are already familiar with Python. This book contains no program examples, just handy reference material in an easy-to-use format.

Related Books

The Python Pocket Reference is designed to be a reference companion to O'Reilly's other Python books:

• Programming Python
  A comprehensive Python book, which also discusses applications and Python/C integration.
• Learning Python
  A short introductory-level book, designed to work like a self-paced Python course for beginners.

More about Python Pocket Reference

• O'Reilly's description page
• The book's updates and corrections page
• The table of contents
• General publishing information
• Overview and picture of the German translation of the book
• Overview and picture of the Japanese translation of the book
• New: a supplemental index for the book, at O'Reilly's page

Update 11/2001

A fully revised and expanded 128-page 2nd Edition of this book was published in November 2001. Further details are available at O'Reilly's site.

Update 02/2005

A new revised and expanded 160-page 3rd Edition of this book was published in February 2005. This edition has been updated for Python release 2.4. Further details are available at O'Reilly's site.