Chapter 10 Further Study
I hope that through this introductory course, you will be more interested in using Python. What to do next?
You can further read the Library Reference Manual, which provides complete (although shorter) reference materials for types, functions, modules, etc., which can save you a lot of time when writing Python programs. Standard Python software includes a large amount of C and Python code, including reading Unix mailboxes, receiving documents with HTTP, generating random numbers, parsing command line options, writing CGI programs, compressing data, and many other functions; a brief look at the library reference manual to know what content is.
Python's main website is, here are the program code, documents and other web pages related to Python. This website has mirror images in many places in the world, such as Europe, Japan, and Australia. Visiting near-distance mirrored websites may be faster than visiting the main website. Another informal website is, contains a series of personal web pages about Python, and many people have downloadable software here.
For Python issues and error reports, you can contribute to the news group or send an email to the python-list@ mailing form. The news group and mailing form are forwarded to each other, so sending messages to one of them will automatically forward to the other. There are 35-45 emails every day, including questions (answers), suggest new functions, and declare new modules. You should check it before sending a message/doc/FAQ table, or look for the file in the Misc/ subdirectory of Python software. The FAQ answers many recurring questions that may already have answers to your questions.
You can support Python groups by joining Python software activities, which are responsible for websites, ftp and email servers, and organize Python workshops. See on how to join/psa/。