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This book is not a typical O'Reilly book, written as a cohesive manuscript by one or two authors. Instead, it is a new kind of booka bold attempt at applying some principles of open source development to book authoring. Over 300 members of the Python community contributed materials to this book. In this Preface, we, the editors, want to give you, the reader, some background regarding how this book came about and the processes and people involved, and some thoughts about the implications of this new form.

Programming Python focuses on advanced applications of Python. Endorsed by Python creator Guido van Rossum, it demonstrates advanced Python techniques, and addresses software design issues such as reusability and object-oriented programming. The enclosed platform-neutral CD-ROM has book examples and various Python-related packages, including the full Python Version 2.0 source code distribution.

This book provides a quick introduction to the Python programming language.