Python

Twisted Network Programming Essentials

2013-03-22T12:24:47-08:10

Get started with Twisted, the event-driven networking framework written in Python. With this introductory guide, you’ll learn the key concepts and design patterns to build event-driven client and server applications for many popular networking protocols. You’ll also learn the tools to build new protocols using Twisted’s primitives.

Test-Driven Development with Python

2013-03-19T18:23:17-08:11

This book uses a concrete example - the development of a web site, from scratch - to teach the TDD metholology, and how it applies to web programming, from the basics of database integration and javascript, going via browser-automation tools like Selenium, to advanced (and trendy) topics like NoSQL, websockets and Async programming.

Python Cookbook

2013-02-14T12:25:50-08:12

Completely updated, the third edition of this popular cookbook offers a collection of recipes to help readers solve a variety of common problems they face when programming with Python. With a focus on Python 3, some recipe coverage includes data structures and algorithms, strings and text, metaprogramming, and testing.

Python for Kids

2012-12-12T12:24:29-08:13

Python for Kids is a lighthearted introduction to the Python programming language, full of fun examples and color illustrations.

SciPy and NumPy

2012-11-15T12:23:02-08:14

Want to learn SciPy and NymPy quickly? Cut through the complexity of online documentation with this concise and illustrated book, and discover how easily you can get up to speed with these Python libraries. You’ll understand why they’re powerful enough for many of today’s leading scientists and engineers.

Twisted Network Programming Essentials

2012-10-23T14:23:40-08:15

The book begins with recommendations for various plug-ins and add-ons to enhance the basic package as installed, and then goes in depth into Twisted's collection of object persistence systems, simple network protocols and helper utilities.

This update will include coverage of:

The Twisted plugin system
Twisted Words: IRC and Jabber examples
Unit-testing your Twisted code with trial
Using Twisted safely with threads
GUI integration

Python for Data Analysis

2012-10-22T12:24:19-08:16

Looking for complete instructions on manipulating, processing, cleaning, and crunching structured data in Python? This hands-on book is packed with practical cases studies that show you how to effectively solve a broad set of data analysis problems, using several Python libraries.

Regular Expressions Cookbook

2012-08-27T12:24:38-08:17

Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 practical recipes, this cookbook provides everything you need to solve a wide range of real-world problems. Novices will learn basic skills and tools, and programmers and experienced users will find a wealth of detail. Each recipe provides samples you can use right away.

Think Python

2012-08-13T18:22:35-08:18

If you want to learn how to program, working with Python is an excellent way to start. This hands-on guide takes you through the language one step at a time, beginning with basic programming concepts before moving on to functions, recursion, data structures, and object-oriented design. Through exercises in each chapter, you’ll try out programming concepts as you learn them.

Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV

2012-08-02T14:26:29-08:19

Learn how to build your own computer vision (CV) applications quickly and easily with SimpleCV, an open source framework written in Python. Through examples of real-world applications, this hands-on guide introduces you to basic CV techniques for collecting, processing, and analyzing streaming digital images. You’ll then learn how to apply these methods with SimpleCV, using sample Python code. All you need to get started is a Windows, Mac, or Linux system, and a willingness to put CV to work in a variety of ways.

Programming Computer Vision with Python

2012-06-19T13:24:21-08:20

If you want a basic understanding of computer vision’s underlying theory and algorithms, this hands-on introduction is the ideal place to start. You’ll learn techniques for object recognition, 3D reconstruction, stereo imaging, augmented reality, and other computer vision applications as you follow clear examples written in Python.

Python for Data Analysis

2012-05-18T17:26:32-08:21

Despite the explosive growth of data in industry after industry, learning and accessing data analysis tools has remained a challenge. This pragmatic guide demonstrates the nuts and bolts of manipulating, processing, cleaning, and crunching data with Python. It also serves as a modern introduction to scientific computing in Python for data-intensive applications.

Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV

2012-05-11T16:25:54-08:22

SimpleCV is a cross platform (Windows, Macintosh, Linux) framework in Python that makes writing computer vision applications quick and easy. This book takes you through real world examples and applications using SimpleCV so that anyone, even with zero knowledge of computer vision, can use to create their own vision application in a few minutes with a webcam and PC. SimpleCV has its own integrated shell (command line) and code editor so you can rapidly test new techniques, load and run examples, view documentation, etc. The library also works with webcams, cell phones, the Xbox Kinect, and TI's Beagle Board and Panda Board. There are 1-click installers for every platform, so you can be up and running any of the examples included in this book in a few minutes.

Python for Data Analysis

2012-05-10T13:25:53-08:23

Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV

2012-05-02T18:26:57-08:24