Introduction of Python

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            Introduction of Python         

What is Python?

   Python is a popular programming language. It was created by Guido van Rossum,

   and released in 1991.

It is used for:

   web development (server-side),software development, mathematics, system scripting.


What can Python do?

   Python can be used on a server to create web applications.

   Python can connect to database systems. It can also read and modify files.

   Python can be used to handle big data and perform complex mathematics.

   Python can be used for rapid prototyping, or for production-ready software development.


Why Python?

   Python is a high-level, interpreted, interactive and object-oriented scripting language.

   Python is designed to be highly readable.

   It uses English keywords frequently where as other languages use punctuation,

   and it has fewer syntactical constructions than other languages.


Various IDE for Python:

IDLE

Sublime Text 3

Atom

Eclipse

PyCharm

Visual Studio Code

Vim

Spyder

Jupyter Notebook

Compare to other programming languages:

  • Python was designed for readability, and has some similarities to the English language with influence from mathematics.

  • Python uses new lines to complete a command, as opposed to other programming languages which often use semicolons or parentheses.

  • Python relies on indentation, using whitespace, to define scope; such as the scope of loops, functions and classes. Other programming languages often use curly-brackets for this purpose.

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