[norswap]

The thing with python standard library is that it is crapily documented imho. I often can't make heads or tails of it, while I have a much simpler time with any other language (you name it: Java, Ruby, PHP, C, Scala, Lisp, ...).

[aslewofmice]

I felt that way about some of the standard documentation but was relieved to find: http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/

I also highly recommend checking out Doug Hellman's book 'The Python Standard Library by Example'. He presents every (or almost every) standard library module with simple explanations and plenty of examples.

[zeeg]

I've never seen this before, but that is an AMAZING improvement on the standard docs

[chaostheory]

Nice post. This is way better than the standard docs. Having lots of examples really helps.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

The Python standard library has great documentation.

Except for some of the "batteries included" stuff. urllib2? Ouch.

[norswap]

That was indeed the kind of stuff I had in mind.