1.. _tut-whatnow: 2 3********* 4What Now? 5********* 6 7Reading this tutorial has probably reinforced your interest in using Python --- 8you should be eager to apply Python to solving your real-world problems. Where 9should you go to learn more? 10 11This tutorial is part of Python's documentation set. Some other documents in 12the set are: 13 14* :ref:`library-index`: 15 16 You should browse through this manual, which gives complete (though terse) 17 reference material about types, functions, and the modules in the standard 18 library. The standard Python distribution includes a *lot* of additional code. 19 There are modules to read Unix mailboxes, retrieve documents via HTTP, generate 20 random numbers, parse command-line options, write CGI programs, compress data, 21 and many other tasks. Skimming through the Library Reference will give you an 22 idea of what's available. 23 24* :ref:`installing-index` explains how to install additional modules written 25 by other Python users. 26 27* :ref:`reference-index`: A detailed explanation of Python's syntax and 28 semantics. It's heavy reading, but is useful as a complete guide to the 29 language itself. 30 31More Python resources: 32 33* https://www.python.org: The major Python web site. It contains code, 34 documentation, and pointers to Python-related pages around the web. This web 35 site is mirrored in various places around the world, such as Europe, Japan, and 36 Australia; a mirror may be faster than the main site, depending on your 37 geographical location. 38 39* https://docs.python.org: Fast access to Python's documentation. 40 41* https://pypi.org: The Python Package Index, previously also nicknamed 42 the Cheese Shop [#]_, is an index of user-created Python modules that are available 43 for download. Once you begin releasing code, you can register it here so that 44 others can find it. 45 46* https://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/: The Python Cookbook is a 47 sizable collection of code examples, larger modules, and useful scripts. 48 Particularly notable contributions are collected in a book also titled Python 49 Cookbook (O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 0-596-00797-3.) 50 51* http://www.pyvideo.org collects links to Python-related videos from 52 conferences and user-group meetings. 53 54* https://scipy.org: The Scientific Python project includes modules for fast 55 array computations and manipulations plus a host of packages for such 56 things as linear algebra, Fourier transforms, non-linear solvers, 57 random number distributions, statistical analysis and the like. 58 59For Python-related questions and problem reports, you can post to the newsgroup 60:newsgroup:`comp.lang.python`, or send them to the mailing list at 61python-list@python.org. The newsgroup and mailing list are gatewayed, so 62messages posted to one will automatically be forwarded to the other. There are 63hundreds of postings a day, asking (and 64answering) questions, suggesting new features, and announcing new modules. 65Mailing list archives are available at https://mail.python.org/pipermail/. 66 67Before posting, be sure to check the list of 68:ref:`Frequently Asked Questions <faq-index>` (also called the FAQ). The 69FAQ answers many of the questions that come up again and again, and may 70already contain the solution for your problem. 71 72.. rubric:: Footnotes 73 74.. [#] "Cheese Shop" is a Monty Python's sketch: a customer enters a cheese shop, 75 but whatever cheese he asks for, the clerk says it's missing. 76 77