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Django, the Python-based equivalent to the Ruby on Rails web development framework, is presently one of the hottest topics in web development today. In The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right, Adrian Holovaty, one of Django's creators, and Django lead developer Jacob Kaplan-Moss show you how they use this framework to create award-winning web sites. Over the course of three parts, they guide you through the creation of a web application reminiscent of chicagocrime.org.

Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language. It has efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective approach to object-oriented programming. Python's elegant syntax and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development in many areas on most platforms.

This book will help you to learn the Python programming language, whether you are new to computers or are an experienced programmer.

Python book for computer science majors.

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http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/

Python book for first time programmers.

This is not an introductory Python book. This book assumes you've learned the basics of Python elsewhere.

Dive Into Python is a Python book for experienced programmers.