This is another great presentation given by Doug Hellmann, from the blog series PyMOTW (Python Module Of The Week). This presentation is a quick overview from the blog series, which is a tour of the Python standard library through short examples.

Modules covered in this presentation:

• csv (handling values);
• sqlite3 (database communication);
• hmac (signatures);
• json (Object serializing);
• sys.excepthook (Error Handling);
• logging (Logging errors nicely).

The blog series has become a book, named "The Python Standar Library by Example", pre-order it here. Also, the PyMOTW is available for download here with all the source code examples.