Paul Gerrard

Learn only the essential aspects of Python without cluttering up your mind with features you may never use. This compact book is not a "best way to write code" type of book ; rather, the author goes over his most-used functions, which are all you need to know as a beginner and some way beyond. Lean Python takes 58 Python methods and functions and whittles them down to 15 : as author Paul Gerrard says, "I haven't found a need for the rest".
In this book you will : Discover lean Python and how to learn just enough to build useful tools ; Use Python objects, program structure, I/O, modules and more ; Handle errors and exceptions ; Test your code ; Access the Web, do searching, and persist data.