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Instant hacking : the basics -- Lists and tuples -- Working with strings -- Dictionaries : when indices won't do -- Conditionals, loops, and some other statements -- Abstraction -- More abstraction -- Exceptions -- Magic methods, properties, and iterators -- Batteries included -- Files and stuff -- Graphical user interfaces -- Database support -- Network programming -- Python and the web -- Testing 1-2-3 -- Extending Python -- Packaging your programs -- Playful programming -- Project 1: Instant markup -- Project 2: Painting a pretty picture -- Project 3: XML for all occasions -- Project 4: In the news -- Project 5: A virtual tea party -- Project 6: Remote editing with CGI -- Project 7: Your own bulletin board -- Project 8: File sharing with XML-RPC -- Project 9: File sharing 2 : now with GUI! -- Project 10: Do-it-yourself arcade game -- Appendix A: The short version -- Appendix B: Python reference

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