Python documentation

Monday, May 30th, 2005

I’ve been doing some Python programming for the last couple of days. Now, Python is a pretty cool language, but its main problem is, in my oppinion at least, the absolutely terrible documentation. I can’t find anything in there.

Thankfully, there’s always the Python Quick Reference (v2.4, v2.3) and the alternative Python Reference (It’s a bit out-dated, but still very useful).

Also check out the page of Python Cotchas for some pointers on non-obvious Pythonic behaviour. Very useful for Python n00bs (like myself)

And finally, there’s the PDB (Python DeBugger) module.