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Python Standard Library

Python Standard Library

Learn the modules available in the Python standard library.

This deck focuses on the package names, and not the API for each package. It is intended to help experienced Python devs, who already know the basics, to increase their familiarity with all of the packages available in the standard library.

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Scott Mountenay
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Text Processing Services

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Binary Data Services

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Data Types

15

Numeric and Mathematical Modules

7

Functional Programming Modules

3

File and Directory Access

10

Data Persistence

6

Data Compression and Archiving

6

File Formats

4

Cryptographic Services

3

Generic Operating System Services

16

Concurrent Execution

10

Networking and Interprocess Communication

7

Internet Data Handling

9

Structured Markup Processing Tools

12

Internet Protocols and Support

23

Multimedia Services

2

Internationalization

2

Program Frameworks

3

Graphical User Interfaces with Tk

11

Development Tools

15

Debugging and Profiling

6

Software Packaging and Distribution

4

Python Runtime Services

14

Custom Python Interpreters

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Python Language Services

11

MS Windows Specific Services

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Unix Specific Services

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Superceded Modules

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Importing Modules

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