working with the python documentation online an essential part of working with python is knowing what is available in the base language and how to extend it to perform other tasks the python documentation at version of the product at the time of this writingit may be updated by the time you read this contains lot more than just the reference to the language that you receive as part of download in factyou see these topics discussed as part of the documentationnew features in the current version of the language access to full-fledged tutorial complete library reference complete language reference how to install and configure python how to perform specific tasks in python help with installing python modules from other sources (as means of extending pythonhelp with distributing python modules you create so that others can use them how to extend python using / +and then embed the new features you create complete reference for / +developers who want to extend their applications using python frequently asked questions (faqpages all this information is provided in form that is easy to access and use in addition to the usual table-of-contents approach to finding informationyou have access to number of indexes for exampleif you aren' interested in anything but locating particular moduleclassor methodyou can use the global module index the report problems with python it' important to work through problems you're having with the productbut as with any other languagepython does have bugs in it locating and destroying the bugs will only make python better language