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{{Infobox book
| name = ''Core Python Programming''
| image = Corepyprogcover.gif
| caption = Cover of ''Core Python Programming'' Second Edition
| author = Wesley J. Chun
| series =
| subject =
| genre = Computer
| publisher = [[Prentice Hall]]
| pub_date = 2006 (2nd Ed.)
| media_type = Book
| pages = 1136
| isbn = 0-13-226993-7
| oclc = 70149251
}}

'''''Core Python Programming''''' is a textbook on the [[Python (programming)|Python programming language]], written by Wesley J. Chun. The first edition of the book was released on December 14, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,,0130260363,00%2Ben-USS_01DBC.html|title=Pearson Education First Edition|accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> The second edition was released several years later on September 18, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Core-Python-Programming-2E/9780132269933.page|title=Pearson Education Second Edition|accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> ''Core Python Programming'' is mainly targeted at [[higher education]] students and IT professionals.<ref name="Official">{{cite web|url=https://www.corepython.com/|title=Core Python Programming's official site|accessdate=2010-12-17}}</ref>

With each printing, the book is updated and errors are corrected. The official site has updates and errata for those with the older printings as well as changes since the last printing.<ref>[https://www.corepython.com/errata2.htm Errata/Corrigenda]</ref> As of February 2011, this edition was in its fifth printing.

The book has been translated into French, [[Chinese (simplified)]] and [[Hindi]].<ref name="Official"/>

==Content==
''Core Python Programming'' is divided into two parts with a total of 23 chapters, as well as an index.

===Part I===
The first part of ''Core Python Programming'', Core Python, deals with the basic aspects of the Python programming language. Chapters One and Two, named ''What is Python?'' and ''Getting Started'' respectively, give instructions on how to install and configure Python, as well as detailing the basic [[Operator (programming)|operators]] and simple [[statement (programming)|statement]]s. Part One continues to cover [[Sequences]] (Lists, Strings and [[Tuple]]s), [[Function (computer science)|Built-in Functions and creating functions]], [[Control flow#Loops|Loops]] ([[for loop|for-loop]], [[while loop]] and [[Conditional (programming)|if-statement]] being the most common); [[Modular programming|Modules]], a full explanation on what [[Object Oriented Programming]] is; and [[Syntax (programming languages)|syntax]].

===Part II===
Part Two, Advanced Topics, contains information about the more complex aspects of Python, such as [[GUI]] programming. Other topics covered include [[regular expressions]], [[Computer network programming|network programming]], [[Multithreading (software)|multithreaded programming]], [[web programming]] and [[database programming]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Core Python Programming Second Edition|author=Wesley J. Chun|date=2006-09-18|publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=0-13-226993-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/corepythonprogra00chun_0}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikibooks|Python Programming}}
{{Wikiversity|Python}}
*[http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Core-Python-Programming-2E/9780132269933.page Pearson Education]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101225154141/http://corepython.com/ ''Core Python Programming'' Official Site]

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