Documentation

 Start here, the developer guides for Twisted's core networking libraries. See also our many  examples and the current  API reference.

 Web Servers and Clients howtos and  examples. Want to use Twisted for web development? Please read this page first!

• Read our FAQ.
• Documentation for other Twisted components:
  • SSH Servers and Clients -  howtos and  examples
  • Email protocols: SMTP, IMAP, POP3 -  SMTP client tutorial and  examples
  • DNS -  howtos and  examples
  • Instant messaging and IRC -  howtos and  examples
  • Twisted's documentation system -  howtos and  examples
• Twisted Core  man pages.
• The complete developer guide in  PDF format.

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.