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Python is a versatile programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1991, used for web development, software development, mathematics, and system scripting. It features a simple syntax, supports multiple programming paradigms, and allows for rapid prototyping and production-ready software development. The most recent major version is Python 3, and it is known for its readability and use of indentation to define scope.

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Python-ABC

Python is a versatile programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1991, used for web development, software development, mathematics, and system scripting. It features a simple syntax, supports multiple programming paradigms, and allows for rapid prototyping and production-ready software development. The most recent major version is Python 3, and it is known for its readability and use of indentation to define scope.

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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 be used alongside software to create workflows.

 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 works on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry


Pi, etc).

 Python has a simple syntax similar to the English language.

 Python has syntax that allows developers to write programs with fewer
lines than some other programming languages.

 Python runs on an interpreter system, meaning that code can be


executed as soon as it is written. This means that prototyping can be
very quick.

 Python can be treated in a procedural way, an object-oriented way or a


functional way.

Good to know
 The most recent major version of Python is Python 3, which we shall be
using in this tutorial. However, Python 2, although not being updated
with anything other than security updates, is still quite popular.

 In this tutorial Python will be written in a text editor. It is possible to


write Python in an Integrated Development Environment, such as
Thonny, Pycharm, Netbeans or Eclipse which are particularly useful
when managing larger collections of Python files.

Python Syntax compared 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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