What follows, is an extract from the internal wiki at my workplace, that documents the basics of Python ecosystem for web application development for our interns, trainees and experienced developers who shift to Python from other platforms.

A col­lec­tion of python “must reads”

Requests allow you to send HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE HTTP requests. You can add headers, form data, multipart files, and parameters with simple Python dictionaries, and access the response data in the same way. It’s powered by urllib2, but it does all the hard work and crazy hacks for you.

Inject code into a running Python process.

Have you always wanted to learn how to code but never thought you could? Are you looking to build a foundation for more complex coding? Do you want to challenge your brain in a new way? Then Learn Python the Hard Way is the book for you.