Python 2 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
• 18 page Reference Guide (also A4 size) by Laurent Pointal
• 45 page Reference Guide by Richard Gruet and others

Python 2 Documentation

• View the official version
• View my version which only uses javascript on the search page and has less visual clutter
• Download a zip file of my version with md5 checksum a6a084803b35da7e3c3e881d4d9d9c69

The PSF implementation of Python 2

Python 2.7.18 is the final, official, unsupported release of Python 2 from the Python Software Foundation.

• The source code with an md5 checksum of 38c84292658ed4456157195f1c9bcbe1
• Built for macOS with an md5 checksum of ce98eeb7bdf806685adc265ec1444463
• Built for Windows with an md5 checksum of a425c758d38f8e28b56f4724b499239a
• Built for Windows 32-bit with an md5 checksum of db6ad9195b3086c6b4cefb9493d738d2

The PyPy implementation of Python 2

PyPy is a supported , compatible, and often faster implementation of Python 2.

• PyPy 7.3.5, released 2021-05-11
• The source code with an md5 checksum of 448ca2bd98a91518144505d9a8508dfc
• Built for Linux ARM64 with an md5 checksum of 9fde92cc8c698bd974ddc50c13598158
• Built for Linux amd64 with an md5 checksum of bdb8cda21d48e66235753cedb4078999
• Built for macOS with an md5 checksum of 67dd5b6d6ba9cc55fdf2c0c5baf7c89a
• Built for Windows with an md5 checksum of 2e78ea045b6b83c78db0534a5e25e693
• PyPy 7.3.4, released 2021-04-04
• The source code with an md5 checksum of 9a7e5d32f1c34bc97518e789a84b1174
• Built for Linux ARM64 with an md5 checksum of f40e18ab7b4678abf0603e00e952c343
• Built for Linux amd64 with an md5 checksum of 89d0015570cd25964f575074a3dcb3c7
• Built for macOS with an md5 checksum of ced063be5c699518386e83358544ee45
• Built for Windows with an md5 checksum of 8b7f622902d416fd0a4e4f82baac67a6