Introduction to Socket Programming on Python

[W D Tate]

John Marshall <John.Marshall at ec.gc.ca> wrote in message news:<mailman.1046363894.3634.python-list at python.org>...
> On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 10:49, bob wrote:
> 
> > Nope, I really do want to use sockets :) I'm doing it more from an
> > academic viewpoint; I work as a network engineer and I may be doing a
> > course sometime in the next year on network programming. I want to get
> > a head start on it.
> > 
> > I could try looking at perl / C socket tutorials but I'm much more
> > comfortable in Python since I use it most of the time.
> > 
> > I just want some examples since I find they are the easiest way to
> > learn usually; you can play with them and change things until you
> > really understand them. I usually learn much more from 10 lines of
> > code than a chapter in a text book!
> 
> Stevens, W. Richard. UNIX Network Programming.
> Volume 1, Second Edition. Prentice Hall, 1997.
> ISBN 0-13-490012-X
> 
> John

Steven's 2nd edition is out - covers IPv.6 & XTI as well.  Large part
of it is a reorg of 1st edition but with big emphasis on clarifying
areas Steven's felt were still to misunderstood.  Its an exceptional
text.