The thing with python standard library is that it is crapily documented imho. I often can't make heads or tails of it, while I have a much simpler time with any other language (you name it: Java, Ruby, PHP, C, Scala, Lisp, ...).
I also highly recommend checking out Doug Hellman's book 'The Python Standard Library by Example'. He presents every (or almost every) standard library module with simple explanations and plenty of examples.
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The thing with python standard library is that it is crapily documented imho. I often can't make heads or tails of it, while I have a much simpler time with any other language (you name it: Java, Ruby, PHP, C, Scala, Lisp, ...).
I felt that way about some of the standard documentation but was relieved to find: http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/
I also highly recommend checking out Doug Hellman's book 'The Python Standard Library by Example'. He presents every (or almost every) standard library module with simple explanations and plenty of examples.
I've never seen this before, but that is an AMAZING improvement on the standard docs
Nice post. This is way better than the standard docs. Having lots of examples really helps.
The Python standard library has great documentation.
Except for some of the "batteries included" stuff. urllib2? Ouch.
That was indeed the kind of stuff I had in mind.