Documentation

• Read our FAQ.
• Want to use Twisted for web development? Please read this page first!
•  Core Documentation ( view as PDF) - the code developer guide for Twisted Core, with the famous "Finger" tutorial, details on how to use deferreds, etc.
• Twisted Core  man pages.
• Twisted Core  examples.
• View the current  API reference.
• The project pages have documentation links that are pertinent to each Twisted project. For convenience, we offer some of these links below:
  • conch (SSH protocol) -  howtos and  examples
  • lore (documentation) -  howtos and  examples
  • mail (SMTP protocol) -  client tutorial and  examples
  • names (DNS protocol) -  howtos and  examples
  • trial (testing framework) - docs
  • web (HTTP protocol) -  howtos and  examples
  • words (instant messaging) -  howtos and  examples

Third Party Documentation

Dave Peticolas has written a number of  excellent tutorials on Twisted. They don't assume a lot of existing knowledge about networking or concurrency mechanisms, and as such are well-suited for new users.

Developer Docs

• Want to contribute? We have a page dedicated to documentation for contributors.
• Here are some notes about Twisted Development.

Mail Lists

• Search the  twisted-python or  twisted-web mail list archives.

Books

•  Twisted Network Programming Essentials by Abe Fettig, published by O'Reilly.
•  Foundations of Python Network Programming also covers the use of Twisted to some extent.
•  Game Programming With Python covers Twisted in the chapters on programming networked games.