Lists Part 1 - Python tutorial

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This document is a syllabus for a first course in Python programming. This course contains an introduction to the Python language, instruction in the important and commonly used features of the language, and practical excercises in the use of those features.

This is a tutorial to help the non-programmer learn the basics of using Python. When you are done with it, you will be ready to learn this new language, and have no problems figuring out where to find the information you need to go farther.

The complete Python tutorial from Pythonlabs. Full doc showing everything you need to get started with Python today.

In this tutorial, you first learn a few Python basics and see why Python makes a good network programming language. Then you move on to the basic sockets features of Python, using a sample chat application as a guide, and look at several other, high-level, classes that provide asynchronous communications.

This article illustrates the principle features of the Python language, and then examine the XML processing capabilities of Python.