Introducing Python

这不是一本适合零基础小白的保姆级教材，而更像一份给有编程经验者的「Python 实地侦察报告」。作者刻意避开从头教变量、循环的冗长铺垫，而是用大量真实代码片段快速铺开 Python 的生态版图：从数据结构到数据库、网络、系统运维，广度令人印象深刻。它的真正价值在于让你用最短时间看清「Python 能做什么」——NoSQL、消息队列这类看似高深的话题也被坦诚纳入，因为它们能更好地解决实际问题。但广度也意味着取舍：后半部分诸多章节只能蜻蜓点水，想要深入某一领域者或许会感到「不得劲」。因此它最适合已经掌握一门语言、想快速评估是否值得投入 Python 的开发者，而非第一次接触编程的人。

Bill Lubanovic has developed software with Unix since 1977, GUIs since 1981, databases since 1990, and the Web since 1993. In 1982, at a startup named Intran, he developed MetaForm, one of the first commercial GUIs (before the Mac or Windows), on one of the first graphic workstations. In the early 1990s, while at Northwest Airlines, he wrote a graphic yield management system that generated millions of dollars in revenue; established a presence for the company on the Internet; and wrote its first Internet marketing test. Later, he cofounded an ISP (Tela) in 1994, and a web development company (Mad Scheme) in 1999. Recently, he developed core services and distributed systems with a remote team for a Manhattan startup. Currently, he’s integrating OpenStack services for a supercomputer company. Bill enjoys life in Minnesota with his wonderful wife Mary, children Tom and Karin, and cats Inga, Chester, and Lucy.