Python Pocket Reference: Python In Your Pocket 5th Edition

gets you started with both Python 2.7 and 3.3— the latest releases in the 3.X and 2.X lines—plus all other releases in common use today. You’ll also learn some advanced language features that recently have become more common in Python code.

Explore Python’s major built-in object types such as numbers, lists, and dictionaries

Create and process objects with Python statements, and learn Python’s general syntax model

Use functions to avoid code redundancy and package code for reuse

Organize statements, functions, and other tools into larger components with modules

Dive into classes: Python’s object-oriented programming tool for structuring code

Write large programs with Python’s exception-handling model and development tools

Learn advanced Python tools, including decorators, descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing.