In this video, we learn what is python and what are the features of python, Basic introduction regarding python and why python is so useful and latest programming language for coders.
INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Introduction: Python is a very powerful programming language developed by Guido van Rossum during 1980’s. Python is an open source, high- level object oriented scripting programming language. Python is used by modern programmers because it is easy to learn and understand and at the same time very powerful.
Python supports various other programming languages like Perl, PHP and so on. The main feature or advantage about python is, it is an interactive and interpreted programming language. Unlike other programming languages, like C, C++, JAVA, Python doesn’t need any compiler to run the code. The code can be directly written and run using the python software and hence it is an interpreter language.
Python is derived from many other programming languages. It supports object-oriented style which means that the program can be encapsulated with objects.
Some of the Features of Python are:
1) It supports broad standard libraries and is also compatible with other platforms like UNIX, MAC and Windows.
2) Python supports GUI applications which is created for many system calls, it supports databases interface for commercial use.
3) It is scalable and portable which means it supports large programs and can run on almost all hardware platforms.
4) It supports both low-level programming as well as high-level programming which means it supports functional and structural programming methods.
5) Easy to read, learn and understand because it uses more English keywords which makes it simple.
6) Can be used with large applications.
How to install the software and get started:
As mentioned earlier, Python is an open source software so you can directly go to the download page www.python.org and download the most latest available software and documents.
Python software is available for wide range of platforms and it can be downloaded from the same link mentioned above. Before installing the software, check for the bit version your machine is running on. Python is available for both versions; that is 32 bit version as well as 64 bit version. Just follow the instructions of installing. It is easy to install and get started.