ActivePython User Guide

ActivePython 2.3 User Guide

ActivePython is ActiveState's quality-assured binary build of Python, available for Linux, Windows and Solaris. As part of ActiveState's support for Python, we provide the ActivePython binary packages free to the Python community.

In addition to core Python functionality, ActivePython includes commonly used external modules, such as the bsddb interface to the Berkeley DB system and zlib and bz2 for data compression. ActivePython comes with an extensive documentation set including core Python documentation, excellent tutorials, Python HOWTOs and FAQs, and more. On Windows, ActivePython also includes PyWin32 -- a suite of Windows tools developed by Mark Hammond, including Win32 API integration, support for Python ASP, the PythonCOM system and the Pythonwin IDE.

Refer to the ActivePython's Install Notes for installation instructions and the Release Notes for known issues, version history, and late-breaking information about this release. What's Included describes what makes up ActivePython is more details.

ActivePython documentation is available online at ASPN . Many other Python resources and general information about Python at ActiveState is available here .

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