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               <h1>Dive Into Python</h1>
               <p>Python from novice to pro</p>
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            <h2>Download Python</h2>
            
               <ul><li><a href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/">ActivePython</a> (freeware, Windows)
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                  <li><a href="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/">IDLE</a> (open source, Windows)
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                  <li><a href="http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/">Komodo</a> (commercial, Windows)
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                  <li><a href="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.3.3/rpms/">RPMs</a> (open source, Linux)
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                  <li><a href="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/">Source code</a> (all platforms)
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                  <li><a href="http://www.python.org/emacs/python-mode/">python-mode</a> for <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/download.html">Jack Jansen's binaries</a> (open source, Mac OS, Mac OS X)
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                  <li><a href="http://people.ucsc.edu/~jacobkm/tkinter_osx_howto.html">Fink</a> (open source, Mac OS X)
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                  <li><a href="http://www.jython.org/download.html">Jython</a> (open source, Java)
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                  <li><a href="http://www.python.org/download/">more platforms</a></li>
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            <h2>Learn Python</h2>
            
               <ul><li><a href="http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/"><i>Learning to Program</i></a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/"><i>How to Think Like a Computer Scientist</i></a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython"><i>Thinking in Python</i></a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/Intros.html">Introductions</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://python.oreilly.com/">O'Reilly Python Center</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/NonEnglish.html">Non-English resources</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Python/FAQs,_Help,_and_Tutorials/">more tutorials</a></li>
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            <h2>Python reference
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               <ul><li><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/">Official documentation</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/python/PQR.html">Quick Reference</a></li>
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            <h2>Python community
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               <ul><li><a href="http://www.python.org/">Python.org</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.python">comp.lang.python</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.python.announce">c.l.p.announce</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor">Tutor</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo">Python mailing lists</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Python/">more links</a></li>
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            <h2>Python code
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               <ul><li><a href="http://www.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/">Python Cookbook</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://www.vex.net/parnassus/">Vaults of Parnassus</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/index.phtml/fid/199/">Python.faqts</a></li>
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            <h2>Also by the author</h2>
            
               <ul><li><a href="http://diveintoaccessibility.org/">Dive Into Accessibility</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://diveintoosx.org/">Dive Into OS X</a></li>
                  <li><a href="http://diveintomark.org/">dive into mark</a></li>
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