Python 2 Programming Language Resources

Python 2 Books

• Think Python by Allen Downey
• Learn Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw
• A Python Book by Dave Kuhlman

Python 2 Reference Guides

• 1 page Regular Expressions by Jonathan Hartley
• 2 page Reference Sheet by Steve
• 17 page Reference Guide (A4 size) by Laurent Pointal
• 18 page Reference Guide (US letter size) by Laurent Pointal
• 45 page Reference Guide by Richard Gruet and others

Python 2 Documentation

• The Python 2.5 documentation may also be used offline in HTML, PDF (A4 size) or PDF (US Letter) format.
• The Python 2.7 documentation may also be used offline in HTML format. I simplified the page layout and removed non-search-related javascript.

Obtaining Python 2

• Python 2.5.6 is the version I use. It's also available from the Python Software Foundation.
• Python 2.7.18 is the final version of Python 2. It's also available from the Python Software Foundation.

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