Python In A Nutshell

[Laura Lewin]

Hi,
This is very helpful feedback.  Thanks a lot!
Laura
LLewin at oreilly.com

>===== Original Message From Hamish Lawson <hamish_lawson at yahoo.co.uk> =====
>I think "Perl in a Nutshell" serves as a good model: fast-track
>tutorial on the language, reference on standard modules, and a
>reference on the more common third-party modules.
>
>In the standard modules section I'd hope to see nearly all the modules
>other than perhaps those that are obsolescent, platform-specific, or
>somewhat esoteric; one of the things I miss in David Beazley's "Python
>Essential Reference" is coverage on htmllib, sgmllib and telnetlib. I'd
>like to see some brief documentation of Tkinter and more extended
>coverage of PyXML than is given in the online library reference.
>
>For the third-party modules I'd nominate the following, grouped by
>desirability of inclusion:
>
>    ESSENTIAL
>       DB-API
>       mxDateTime
>       Python Imaging Library
>       pyunit
>       win32all
>
>    GOOD
>       HTMLgen
>       mxTextTools
>       ReportLab
>       wxPython
>       xmlrpc
>       soaplib
>
>    NICE
>       mod_python / mod_snake
>       Numerical Python
>       freeze/packaging
>
>
>Hamish Lawson
>
>
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