Most programmers learning Python are usually comfortable with some or the other programming language and are not interested in going through the typical learning curve of learning the first programming language. Instead, they are looking for something that gets them off the ground quickly. They are looking for similarities and differences in features that they have used in other language), plus what extra Python has to offer. This book should help them immensely. It guides you from the fundamentals of using modules through the use of advanced object orientation. Salient features: data types, control flow instructions, console input/output, strings, lists & tubes, list of comprehension, sets and dictionaries, dictionary comprehension, functions & lambdas, modules, classes and objects, inheritance, operator overloading, exception handling, file input/output, iterators and generators, decorators, command line parsing. Contents introduction to Python Python basics strings control flow instructions console input/output list tuples sets dictionaries function modules classes and objects intricacies of classes and objects inheritance exception handling file input/output miscellany.