Python是流行、开源、面向对象的编程语言，既可以用于编写单机运行的程序也可以编写脚本程序，具有可移植、强大、易用等特点。跟随专业教师学习是最快捷的掌握此语言的方式。新版的《学习Python》把你带到Mark Lutz和David Ascher面前，他们是著名的Python专家和培训师，他们的用语亲切、组织良好的文章已经指导了许多编程者精通这种语言。
《学习Python（第二版）》给程序员提供了一个学习Python和面向对象编程的综合学习工具。它根据1999年该书第一版发布以来Python语言的大量变化做了更新。本书介绍了最近发布的Python 2.3的基本要素并涵盖了新的特性，如列表内涵，嵌套作用域和迭代器/产生器。
除了语言特性，《学习Python（第二版）》还为初级程序员提供了新的内容，包括新的面向对象编程和动态类型回顾，新的关于编程起步和配置选项的讨论，新的关于文档的内容等等。全书用新的实例使得语言特性的应用更加具体。
《学习Python（第二版）》首先给出了理解和构造Python程序必需的所有信息，包括类型、运算符、表达式、类、函数、模块和异常。然后，作者给出了更高级的内容，通过真实的应用和可用扩展库说明如何用Python完成一般的任务。全书提供了练习以检验自己的新技能。
《学习Python（第二版）》是本可灵活选读的图书，它让读者能够集中深入Python语言的核心。随着通读全书，你将获得对Python深入而完整的理解，这将帮助你自己开发大型的应用程序。本书适合于任何不仅仅想停留于了解Python而且想更好地掌握它的人。
对本书第一版的褒奖：
“这本书最优之处是作者在提供有用的实例与详细解释说明之间取得近乎完美的平衡。无论你是有经验的计算机程序员还是初学者，这本书对于学习Python语言都是非常适合的。”
——Andrew Morrison, CedarLug

Amazon.com Review
The authors of Learning Python show you enough essentials of the Python scripting language to enable you to begin solving problems right away, then reveal more powerful aspects of the language one at a time. This approach is sure to appeal to programmers and system administrators who have urgent problems and a preference for learning by semi-guided experimentation.
First off, Learning Python shows the relationships among Python scripts and their interpreter (in a mostly platform-neutral way). Then, the authors address the mechanics of the language itself, providing illustrations of how Python conceives of numbers, strings, and other objects as well as the operators you use to work with them. Dictionaries, lists, tuples, and other data structures specific to Python receive plenty of attention including complete examples.
Authors Mark Lutz and David Ascher build on that fundamental information in their discussions of functions and modules, which evolve into coverage of namespaces, classes, and the object-oriented aspects of Python programming. There's also information on creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for Python applications with Tkinter.
In addition to its careful expository prose, Learning Python includes exercises that both test your Python skills and help reveal more elusive truths about the language. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
As a book for programmers who want to learn Python, it does a very good job. The coverage is informative and well order; making it easy to find what you're looking for. Overall, if you do some work with Python, you will benefit from owning this book. " - Sam Smith, news@UK, March "This book is a good example of Python culture, in the clarity of its text as much as in the quality of its code. Anyhone working their way through it will have a solid foundation upon which to explore Python's potential. Highly recommended." - Ivan Uemilianin, CVu, October 2004 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Google and YouTube use Python because it's highly adaptable, easy to maintain, and allows for rapid development. If you want to write high-quality, efficient code that's easily integrated with other languages and tools, this hands-on book will help you be productive with Python quickly -- whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. It's an easy-to-follow self-paced tutorial, based on author and Python expert Mark Lutz's popular training course.
Each chapter contains a stand-alone lesson on a key component of the language, and includes a unique Test Your Knowledge section with practical exercises and quizzes, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. You'll find lots of annotated examples and illustrations to help you get started with Python 3.0.

《学习Python(第5版)(影印版)(套装共2册)》将让你获得针对核心Python语言的一次全面而又深入的介绍。基于作者Mark Lutz的畅销培训课程，该第五版修订本将可以帮助你快速使用Python编写高效和高质量的代码。无论你是编程新手还是精通其他语言的有经验的开发人员，此书都适合于你。

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. Python is considered easy to learn, but there's no quicker way to mastery of the language than learning from an expert teacher. This edition of Learning Python puts you in the hands of two expert teachers, Mark Lutz and David Ascher, whose friendly, well-structured prose has guided many a programmer to proficiency with the language.

Learning Python , Second Edition, offers programmers a comprehensive learning tool for Python and object-oriented programming. Thoroughly updated for the numerous language and class presentation changes that have taken place since the release of the first edition in 1999, this guide introduces the basic elements of the latest release of Python 2.3 and covers new features, such as list comprehensions, nested scopes, and iterators/generators.

Beyond language features, this edition of Learning Python also includes new context for less-experienced programmers, including fresh overviews of object-oriented programming and dynamic typing, new discussions of program launch and configuration options, new coverage of documentation sources, and more. There are also new use cases throughout to make the application of language features more concrete.

The first part of Learning Python gives programmers all the information they'll need to understand and construct programs in the Python language, including types, operators, statements, classes, functions, modules and exceptions. The authors then present more advanced material, showing how Python performs common tasks by offering real applications and the libraries available for those applications. Each chapter ends with a series of exercises that will test your Python skills and measure your understanding.

Learning Python , Second Edition is a self-paced book that allows readers to focus on the core Python language in depth. As you work through the book, you'll gain a deep and complete understanding of the Python language that will help you to understand the larger application-level examples that you'll encounter on your own. If you're interested in learning Python--and want to do so quickly and efficiently--then Learning Python , Second Edition is your best choice.