Foundations of Python Network Programming (Foundations)

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This Paperback Book item from Apress was reviewed on 3-Nov-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Foundations of Python Network Programming (Foundations) by Apress. I have no background with Python and limited understanding of networking. So my comments are from a rookie. So here they are:

1) Readable: technical enough but gets right to implementable examples. You can jump around in the book and find what you need with out having to read the whole thing.
2) Applicable: I used examples from the book to gain an understanding of my Linux system and my home network.
3) Python is free so use it.

That is all.
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2) Paperback Book Foundations of Python Network Programming (Foundations) by Apress. I´m giving this book 5 stars because I found it more useful than many books. There are some flaws, but overall I am happy that I own this book.

This book uses a teach by example technique as discussed in other chapters. It is oriented towards application developers that find themselves in need of python networking rather than networking people that need python.

The book is overall clearly written and the examples are generally interesting. The author shows an advanced understanding of most of the subject matter. Chapter strength is fairly variant. On the other hand, it´s pretty likely that you do not have knowledge of all the topics in this book and will learn something interesting by reading it.

Cons: The chapter on HTML tag matching felt really weak. They tried to treat HTML as a regular language by using state machines to match it, when it´s clearly context-free, then he started to add a stack but he had already lost my interest as the examples got fairly unwieldy.¤

3) Paperback Book Foundations of Python Network Programming (Foundations) by Apress. It has everything you need to know about Networking Programming in Python. Easy to understand also. It can be made more detail and more advance for profesional use.¤

4) Paperback Book Foundations of Python Network Programming (Foundations) by Apress. This is a well presented, well paced introduction to network programming in Python. He presents programs both as interactive sessions (follow along in the comfort of home) and as scripts (programs) available to download from his web site at Apress.

It serves as a good, general purpose, introduction to network programming as wall as a Python-specific network programming tutorial.

I do, however, have some complaints. Although the author attempts to present information in a platform-neutral manner, it is obvious that he is much more familiar with *nixes than with Windows. There are several minor factual errors in the Windows information he presents. [I have submitted these as error reports on the Apress web site.]

Fortunately none of these disrupt the actual presentation. Experienced Windows programmers will be able to correct the mistakes on-the fly. As a minor example, Windows programmers know they can type "script.py" to run a python program even though Windows doesn´t honor the #! line at the beginning of the script.

My other complaint has to do with the use of PyDNS to discuss DNS issues. As far as I can tell PyDNS is dead, or at least it is dying. dnspython would have been a much better choice. However given that the book is three years old, I can´t really fault the author for picking the wrong package -- it´s happened to all of us at some point in our careers.

And a truly minor quibble: he starts with an example of downloading a file using the gopher protocol. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a gopher server now days
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5) Paperback Book Foundations of Python Network Programming (Foundations) by Apress. Apress has two books on Python that I really like. This one and "Dive Into Python". The thing I like about this book is it delves into some deep concepts, like client/server code, but does so in such a way that even people new to Python should have no problem understanding it.

I have been a programmer for about 15 years, and made heavy use of Python for the last 5 or 6 years. My brother is new to programming. Both of us found this book to be very useful and easy to understand. I recommend it to programmers of all levels.¤

6) Paperback Book Foundations of Python Network Programming (Foundations) by Apress. This may be the easiest book review I´ve ever written. If you program in Python and you want to write Internet applications, go buy Foundations of Python Network Programming by John Goerzen. There. I´ve already folded down the corners of quite a few pages, and expect I´ll refer to this book often in the coming months.

— Greg Wilson, Dr. I think Apress is bringing a lot of helpful programming texts to the world. I intend to read this book to learn how to write client-server networking programs. As is typical of Apress books, there are a lot of specific code examples to help the reader see exactly how it should be done. This book is 99% good, and the only reason that isn´t 100% is due to the wide scope of the book. Which, then again, is also a good thing.

To guide readers through the new scripting language, Python, this book discusses every aspect of client and server programming. And as Python begins to replace Perl as a favorite programming language, this book will benefit scripters and serious application developers who want a feature-rich, yet simple language, for deploying their products.

The text explains multitasking network servers using several models, including forking, threading, and non-blocking sockets. Furthermore, the extensive examples demonstrate important concepts and practices, and provide a cadre of fully-functioning stand alone programs. Readers may even use the provided examples as building blocks to create their own software.¤

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