Python Introduction

Python Introduction

Python is a very popular high level programming language which is used in variety of domains. It is free open source and object oriented programming language. It was developed by Guido Van Rossum in 1991.

Features

Key features of Python are mentioned below –

1. It is a cross platform programming language. A python program written in Windows operating system can be executed at Mac operating system and vice versa. Same is true for other operating systems.
2. To learn Python is very quick and easy and hence it generally preferred by developers
3. It is provides very good support for databases connectivity.
4. It is portable, extendable, scalable.
5. It gives huge standard library for simplifying coders life.

Download and Installation

Set up for Python can be done by downloading and installing it.

Python can be downloaded from below link –

https://www.python.org/downloads/

Download are available for below operating systems –

a. Windows

b. Mac

c. Linux/ UNIX

d. Many more…

Choose the correct download according to your the operating system of your machine. Post downloading the correct python installer, follow the respective instructions given by the Python installer for successful download.

Where Python is used ?

Python is used in many different ares. Some important applications/ use cases of Python are mentioned below –

1. Artificial Intelligence
2. Machine Learning
3. Software Automation
4. Backend web development
5. Server side development

Editors

There are many good editors available for Python. Some commonly used editors are given below –

1. IDLE
2. Thonny
3. PyCharm
4. Anaconda
5. PyDev
6. Python for VS Code

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