TCC Publications: Programming Languages
- Python language quick reference (28 pp), Tkinter reference (84 pp), Python Imaging Library PIL quick reference (6 pp). Postscript and PDF formats available.
- http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/lang.html

Python Tutorial
- Introduction to Python, where to find it, how to install, and create a very simple script.
- http://www.mtdev.com/2002/08/python-tutorial/

Python SIGs
- Archives of current and past listserv discussions on a LOT of interesting topics. GREAT for researching problems.
- http://www.python.org/community/sigs/

Python Programming for Beginners
- Shows how to write programs that use command-line options, read and write to pipes, access environment variables, handle interrupts, read from and write to files, create temporary files, write to system logs.
- http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3946

Python for Beginners
- New to programming? This page lists some places that can get you started quickly.
- http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide

Five Minutes to a Python CGI
- By David Mertz. Brief introduction to writing CGI programs, Python CGI module, formatting output, error logging/debugging.
- http://www.ddj.com/184412536

Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python
- By Josh Cogliati. Evolving tutorial for absolute beginners. Covers many basic, some intermediate topics; many code samples, simple hands-on exercises. [Open Content, public domain]
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python/Contents

Printable Python Quick Reference Card
- Different PDF versions (A4, US Letter) of a very dense quick reference card for the Python language and some of its main libraries.
- http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/pointal/python/pqrc/

Programming Crash Course
- This tutorial was written for the absolute beginner. It teaches how to program a computer the quick way.
- http://programming-crash-course.com

Serpia, Python matters
- A collection of Python-related tutorials.
- http://www.serpia.org/

Writing CGI Programs in Python
- Introduces using Python for CGI applications. Has database access examples. Several parts. [Developer Shed]
- http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Writing-CGI-Programs-in-Python/

A Beginner's Python Tutorial
- A Python tutorial originally written for the modding community of Firaxis' Civilization. Useful to beginners with little or no programming knowledge.
- http://www.sthurlow.com/python/

Wikibooks Programming Python
- A tutorial for python on Wikibooks. It is editable by anyone.
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Python

Python for Newbies
- Introduction covering basics to get you started, many examples, humorous light touch.
- http://npt.cc.rsu.ru/user/wanderer/ODP/Python_for_Newbies.htm

Tutorialized.com - Free Python tutorials
- A collection of Python tutorials from resources around the Internet.
- http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Python/1

Cameron Laird on Python and the Web
- Discusses both client-side and server-side Web programming.
- http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/web_python.html

Python Cookbook
- Collaborative website built by ActiveState and O'Reilly, hosts user contributions; collection of recipes.
- http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/

Python Knowledge Base
- Links, questions and answers in a categorized, searchable format.
- http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/199/

JPython: The Felicitous Union of Python and Java
- Excerpt from O'Reilly book: Learning Python.
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/ch10_fel.html

Python Babysteps Tutorial
- Preliminary tutorial, prepares absolute beginners for other tutorials. Walks reader through installing on Windows, using Integrated DeveLopment Environment (IDLE), writing a simple program.
- http://www.coolnamehere.com/geekery/python/pythontut.html

One Day of IDLE Toying
- By Danny Yoo. Visual guide to using IDLE, a simple interactive shell for Python programming. Each step of this tutorial has screenshots for absolute beginners. English, Dutch, German; Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese; Indonesian.
- http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/

Python Library Reference Search
- Online. Also the search can be downloaded for mirroring and off-line use.
- http://zvon.org/other/python/PHP/search.php

A Course in Python/CGI
- This site contains materials from a 13 week course for learning Python and CGI. Suited for self-study.
- http://www.upriss.org.uk/python/PythonCourse.html

An Introduction to Tkinter
- By Fredrik Lundh. Official tutorial for Tkinter, standard Python interface to Tk GUI toolkit; widget configuration, styling; function/method bindings to widget events; documents all Tkinter widgets, classes. Formats: PDF, HTML.
- http://www.pythonware.com/library/an-introduction-to-tkinter.htm

Programming Python, 2nd Edition
- By Mark Lutz. O'Reilly book sample. Introduces Internet related topics: Zope (web publishing framework), HTMLgen (makes web pages from objects), Jython (Python for Java), XML processing, server pages, Windows web scripting extensions, restricted execution
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/python2/chapter/ch15.html

Instant Python
- By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal introduction for experienced programmers. Treats basics, OO programming, Jedi mind trick. English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; German, Norwegian; Lithuanian, Polish, Russian; Japanese, Korean.
- http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-python.php

Regular Expression HOWTO
- How to use regular expressions in Python with the re module, a gentle introduction.
- http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/regex.html

Socket Programming HOWTO
- Help on programming sockets with Python.
- http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sockets/sockets.html

Python and UML
- Can the UML help Python developers? How about CP4E?
- http://www.objectsbydesign.com/projects/python_uml.html

A Quick Tour of Python
- Short overview of some basics, for users with some programming knowledge.
- http://stsdas.stsci.edu/pyraf/python_quick_tour.html

Python CGI
- An Interactive Instruction.
- http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lab2q/

Python Quick Reference
- By Simon Brunning. Thorough 'cheat sheet'; brief reminders for nearly each language aspect: syntax nuances; built-in features, statements, modules; basic, advanced types, operations; lexical entities, common development tools. For several Python versions;
- http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/PQR.html

Instant Hacking
- By Magnus Lie Hetland. Minimal, concise, general introduction to programming, via Python, moves very quickly. English, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Serbian, Korean.
- http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-hacking.php

Python Programming Tutorial
- By Richard G. Baldwin. Separate lessons teach programming basics. Free online, fee download files.
- http://www.dickbaldwin.com/tocpyth.htm

Python HOWTO Documents
- Pointers to various helpful Python-related HOWTO documents.
- http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/

Database Topic Guide
- Python programs can use minimal code to access, display, and update a database. This guide provides "links to relevant Python modules, documentation, and projects" concerning databases, as well as adding persistence to Python objects.
- http://www.python.org/topics/database/

Architecture of Python
- By Jim Jackson, Kar-Han Tan. Wiki-based documentation project working toward analyzing the architectural aspects of python language via source code only.
- http://wiki.cs.uiuc.edu/cs427/PYTHON

Learning Python
- By Mark Lutz, David Ascher. Samples from O'Reilly book. Has manipulating data structures, files, programs; internet programming; JPython, now Jython, Python implementation for the Java platform.
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython/chapter/

Python Topic Guides
- Give overviews of resources associated with specific topics. Written by volunteers interested in making such resources easier for all to find. Topics: databases, scientific computing, Tkinter, Web programming, XML.
- http://www.python.org/topics/