The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python!¶

Greetings, Earthling! Welcome to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python.

This is a living, breathing guide. If you’d like to contribute, fork us on GitHub!

This handcrafted guide exists to provide both novice and expert Python developers a best practice handbook to the installation, configuration, and usage of Python on a daily basis.

This guide is opinionated in a way that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Python’s official documentation. You won’t find a list of every Python web framework available here. Rather, you’ll find a nice concise list of highly recommended options.

Note The use of Python 3 is highly preferred over Python 2. Consider upgrading your applications and infrastructure if you find yourself still using Python 2 in production today. If you are using Python 3, congratulations — you are indeed a person of excellent taste. —Kenneth Reitz

Let’s get started! But first, let’s make sure you know where your towel is.