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.
• 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 -  howtos and  examples
  • lore -  howtos and  examples
  • mail -  tutorial and  examples
  • names -  howtos and  examples
  • web -  howtos and  examples
  • web2 -  howtos and  examples
  • words -  howtos and  examples

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 Fetting, 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.