Scripting on windows 2000

[Alex Martelli]

Ryan Smith wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I am new to the list and python community as well. I was wondering if
> anyone
> knows of any good python books emphasizing Windows 2000?  I am a network
> engineer in an Active Directory environment and I have found serveral uses
> for python, and I need to find a book that emphasizes features of python
> 2.2
> and programming in this type of environment.  I apologize for the rather
> basic question, but I wasn't sure exactly were to ask.

Unfortunately, the only book I know that does "emphasize" Windows and
Python is Hammond and Robinson's one, published by O'Reilly -- and that
is firmly based on Python 1.5.2.  The books I know that are based on 2.2,
such as "Python in a Nutshell" and "Practical Python", appear to be firmly
oriented to cross-platform rather than platform-specific issues.  And of 
course, it's unlikely by now that any new book choosing to focus on Windows 
would emphasize Windows/2000 (or any new book on Python, 2.2), since 
WIndows/XP has been out for quite a while, and so has Python 2.3 (for a
lesser while in the latter's case, but its strong compatibility and 
performance enhancements wrt 2.2 help make it widespread).


Alex