Internet Programming with Python, with CD-ROM

by Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, James C. Ahlstrom

Book Overview

The creator of the language, Guido van Rossum, is co-author, along with Aaron Watters, former program chairman for Python Workshop. James C. Ahlstrom wrote the GUI module for Python. Since Python is a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558514848
• ISBN13: 9781558514843
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: M&T Books
• Length: 477 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A masterpiece

Instead of giving this book an opportunity to become a best-seller, the publisher let it become out of print. An unfortunate effect is that my students could not buy the book, and have to share the library copies. This book is beautifully written, enormously useful and fun to read because of authors' good sense of humor. Chapter 7: "Generating HTML" gives one of the best introductions to object orientation and dynamic features of Python. I urge the authors and the publisher to work quickly to make the book available.

great book, the CD is out-of-date

Awesome book, I liked Chapter 3 which instantly gets you into useful programming stuff. The book also takes you from beginner-level to advanced stuff like extending and embedding python, sort of the python equivalent of the Perl camel book (programming perl) and panther book (advanced perl programming) rolled into one. I think there's enough stuff on net programming to justify the title. The CD-ROM in my copy of the book has python 1.3, the current version is 1.5 something. The book too might be dated, but I skimmed the latest ORA python book, Learning Python, and I think this is more my speed.

Gentle Intro to Python.

The book's title probably has been chosen to attract attention. That said, it is an excellent book. The standard book, Programming Python by Mark Lutz, may bog neophytes down.The first half of the book is an introduction to the language and the second half applications loosely connected to the Internet.The language is worth knowing, but I'd have liked a book with exercises.

This book does a good job explaining the basics of Python.

This book does an excellent job explaining how to use Python in general, including internet programming. It also includes a CD that enables the buyer to set up Python on their own system, be it Win95, Dos, Unix, etc. Unfortunately, this CD does not include a setup program. It does include some instructions for setting it up, however, this is not a straightforward process. I would recommend this book only for someone who has at least little programming experience and knowledge of their operating system.

Excellent starting point

This book is co-authored by the author of the Python language, and his style shows through -- to the benefit of the book. Just as in Pyhon, the book is clear, concise, and easy to read. It stresses just how enjoyable programming in Python can be. After having coded in Python for a while now, I can't agree more. I'm a MAJOR fan of C++, but now that I've found Python, my vote is split. For my work, which is cryptography, I use C++, but for everything else, I'm a Python man. The book is surprisingly light reading for a technical book. This does not mean that it is short on content. In fact, the author maintains the lightness by sticking to the sort of Python programming you will encounter when coding for the internet. It did feel a bit skimpy on writing server code (like an HTTP or finger server), sticking more with CGI scripts. For a complete understanding of Python in greater depth, make sure to also buy Mark Lutz's book. It makes for great expert-level Python learning. Buying the two books won't set you back much in the way of $$, but if read in order (first Watters and then Lutz) will make you very happy. Take a crack at Python. You'll learn the language in a day or two, and you'll find yourself using it more and more.