Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.022 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'sections': 0.14; 'alot': 0.16; 'docs.': 0.16; 'in-depth': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'set,': 0.16; 'subject:library': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'hey': 0.18; 'library': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'basically': 0.19; 'first.': 0.19; "python's": 0.19; 'thorough': 0.19; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'typical': 0.24; 'guys': 0.24; 'define': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'wondering': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; 'usually': 0.31; 'becoming': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'languages': 0.32; 'stuff': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'described': 0.36; 'functions.': 0.36; 'useful': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'experience,': 0.37; 'url:library': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'list,': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'though,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'read': 0.60; 'solve': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'url:3': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'url:index': 0.63; 'places': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; '10:32': 0.84; 'alone,': 0.84; 'dict,': 0.84; 'chapters': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: "Neil D. Cerutti" Subject: Re: Standard library Help Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 08:51:11 -0400 References: <41e4eaa1-5161-409c-a439-4d8e07eb6353@googlegroups.com> <53BFA61C.2030109@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jackman.norwich.edu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: <53BFA61C.2030109@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 29 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1405083085 news.xs4all.nl 2976 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34628 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:74358 On 7/11/2014 4:53 AM, Wolfgang Maier wrote: > On 07/11/2014 10:32 AM, Nicholas Cannon wrote: >> Hey i would like to know alot more about the standard library and all >> of its functions and so on and i know it is huge and i would basically >> like to learn only the useful stuff that i could use and all of those >> features. i have been looking around and i cant really find anything >> so i wondering if you guys would know any places to learn it. >> > > Consult the documentation: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html > > It's probably the only place that has everything documented. > Instead of reading everything from A-Z though, the more typical approach > is to skim through it to know what is available, then read in-depth the > parts that seem useful for a concrete problem you're trying to solve > currently. In my experience, a thorough understanding of most chapters > doesn't come with reading alone, but with practice. I recommend reading and becoming familiar with the first five sections first. You won't get far without the Built-in types and functions. list, dict, set, open, etc., are not in a "library", per se, as other languages usually define it, but that's where they're described in Python's docs. -- Neil Cerutti