Python Network Programming Cookbook

Excellent book and I recommend it to anyone programming in Python!

I was disapointed of the lack of (cool) recipes in this book. Some stuff in here was meh...I guess if you're completely new to Python then this would be good for you. I just like coding books, that's why I bought it honestly. It's just going to sit on my shelf.

Reviewing books can be a tedious task in it self, and my expectations for reviewing Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker's Python Network Programming Cookbook, was beyond the exhaustion level even before I had turned the first page. After all - it is a book about network programming, sockets, Client/Server Programming and a lot more – which usually not belongs to the horror literature, but merely is a literal sleeping pill.It took me only a few minutes of reading to see, that this time my expectations would not be fulfilled. With a rarely seen clarity, Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker describes the task, presents the solution and explains the functionality of each problem in plain words, so everybody can understand what the code actually do. I am virtually on the edge to state, that even without previous knowledge of Python, you can benefit from the examples, but it does help to know at least the basics.The book is a cookbook in the best sense. You can easily read selected chapters without prior knowledge of previous chapters and, each chapter clarify which modules are needed before presenting the examples. This is absolutely a great plus and combined with an easy to read concept, this book is one of the best I have seen in years. Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker's way of explaining each example can be compared to the concept: Hit and run. You hit the problem, see the solution and runs for the nearest laptop to derive even more sophisticated solutions, with you newly acquired knowledge.This book is a must for Python programmers that want to explore the versatility of Python and take another step forward in the Python world.However, before adding this book to your library a little warning, which also was missing on the books cover: According to the standard Python cookbook, some of the content I the book can be extremely addictive.Claus Holm LarsenCEO and founder of Holmes WebDesign.Founder of the Python Programming Society on Facebook.

Python Network Cookbook provides you with the samples related to the range of networking topics. Whether you will benefit from it depends heavily on your tasks. The point here is that the range of samples is really huge. Starting with data manipulation required for network based transfer, through socket based networking, interfaces related samples, IPv6, to topics covering HTTP, IMAP, and web services.Now, don’t get me wrong, but the percentage of the book you will benefit from heavily depends on your day to day work. If you deal with http stuff all the time, you will find half of the book entertaining. On the other hand, if you do some low level development and you want to design your own means of transportation based on sockets, first half of the book will be of your interest.What I have found particularly useful for me were the http related samples, web service handling, and port forwarding. But these are things that I can benefit from directly.For sure, this book will be really interesting for the students who have to deal with networking related lectures. You will be able to jump directly into virtually any network related topic.The book has one drawback. Some of the samples are Linux based. I am pretty sure you can use them anyway by using MacPorts or Cygwin, but still, it might be slightly frustrating for Windows and Mac users that some samples are marked as “Linux only”.Before you buy the book, make a simple calculation how much you can benefit from it. If you decide that more than half of the book is useful for you – go ahead.

it's not nearly enough information on any of the subjects

Great book to learn how to utilize sockets and client/server programming in python, very in depth of your looking to make multiplayer games with pygame or OpenGL I highly recommend giving this book a read.

It's the best book for learning python network programming

The book is very well written and can quickly refresh your knowledge. I think this is the first book in network programming of this style. I purchased the book from amazon.in the customer service is very very ...bad .