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Python Documentation
Python's standard documentation is substantial; download your own copy or browse it online! See also the complete list of documentation by Python version. If you're not sure where to go, try the help page.
Python 2.x
- Browse Current Documentation - (Module Index)
- Search the online docs
- Download Current Documentation (multiple formats are available, including typeset versions for printing.)
Python 3.x
Development docs
Documentation for the in-development branch of Python 3.x is available at Documentation Development.
Additional documentation
A variety of additional documentation is available as well:
- Beginner's Guide to Python
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Packaging (creating and distributing Python packages)
- Quick Reference Guide (off-site)
- New-style classes (aka descrintro)
- Python Periodicals
- Guido's essays and presentations
- Non-English documents
- PEPs (Python Enhancement Proposals)
as well as collections of audio/visual materials and reusable slideshows: