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This course introduction document provides information for complete beginners to Python programming. It summarizes that Python was created in 1991 and is widely used for tasks like data science. It recommends taking the course to learn an easy but powerful language used in many domains. The document instructs on installing Anaconda Navigator to use Jupyter Notebook for the course.

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01 - Course Introduction

This course introduction document provides information for complete beginners to Python programming. It summarizes that Python was created in 1991 and is widely used for tasks like data science. It recommends taking the course to learn an easy but powerful language used in many domains. The document instructs on installing Anaconda Navigator to use Jupyter Notebook for the course.

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Course Introduction

Who is this course for ?


Brief history of Python programming language
Python was created by Guido van Rossum, and first released on February 20, 1991. While you may know the
python as a large snake, the name of the Python programming language comes from an old BBC television
comedy sketch series called Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Python is a widely-used general-purpose, high-level programming language.

NOTE: This course is for a complete beginner i.e someone who is just starting a career in computer
programming (Tech) or someone who is not new to computer programming language but want to learn Python
Why should you take this course ?
Good question let’s answer this by looking at the following reasons

● Python is easy to learn; it’s a beginner programming language.


● Python is widely used for Data science, Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence.
● It is used for web development through the use of framework such as Django, Flask.
● Python has a highly supportive community hence, it has a lot of open source libraries and
frameworks.
● It can also be used for Game development using library such as pyGame.
● Python is an Object Oriented Programming(OOP) language
Installation of python IDE
IDE mean Integrated Development Environment

IDLE mean Integrated Development & Learning Environment

To download the normal python IDLE use the link below

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

NOTE: For this course we would be using the Jupyter Notebook, to do this we’ll be downloading
Anaconda Navigator.

https://www.anaconda.com/products/distribution

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