• Python scripts and modules
• Comments, indentation, variables, and types
• Conditionals and iteration
• Defining functions
• Basic IO and File IO
• Classes and objects
• Exceptions
• Client/Server basics
• Python and the Web(Forms, CGI, Cookies, etc)
• Unit testing with PyUnit

Note: this guide is just a quick rundown with some examples thrown in, here are some links for more info:

• python.org (The Python site)
• Python Documentation and tutorials
  Python for NonProgrammers (wiki)
• P. Prescod's Intro to Python (pdf)