This week I’ll be teaching beginning Python at a Software Carpentry bootcamp in Toronto and I’m planning to leave the students with my most frequently visited Python links. This is strictly core Python, no third-party packages.

• Main Documentation Page
  • http://docs.python.org/
• Global Module Index
  • Built-in modules like os, sys, datetime, etc.
  • http://docs.python.org/modindex.html
• Built-in Functions
  • Built-in, always available functions like open, enumerate, zip, range, etc.
  • http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html
• String Formatting
  • The lowdown on string formatting
  • http://docs.python.org/library/string.html#formatstrings

What are your most visited core Python references?

Updated:

• Prasanth suggests Doug Hellmann’s  Python Module of the Week. Doug covers most of the modules in the Python standard library with nice descriptions and examples.