History of Python

 Written by Guido van Rossum

 Started work in 1990

 First release in 1991

 Minor number releases every 6 months

Why Python?
 Simple yet powerful syntax
 Portability
 Readability
 Vast Support of libraries
 Software Integration
 Developer Productivity
WHY THE NAME "PYTHON"?
 According to the principal author (Guido
van Rossum), he chose the name "Python"
because he is a big fan of the British
comedy movie - 'Monty Python's Flying
Circus'
Installing Python
 Type http://www.python.org/ at the address
bar of any browser and press enter.

 Click on Downloads you will see the latest

version of python. You can download by
clicking on the latest version number.

*** But, try to download the Python version 3.4

since all the programs of book are written
considering version no 3.4.
Starting Python in (Command Line )
Mode
 Press Start button
 Click all programs then click on Python 3.4.
 Under Python 3.4 you can see list of python options.
Click on Python
 After clicking on it, you can see the python interactive
prompt as follows
Continued….
 A python command prompt contains an opening message >>>,
called as “command prompt”.
 The cursor at the command prompt waits for you to enter
a python command.
 The cursor at the command prompt waits for you to enter
a python command.
 For example let us write the first statement i.e.
print(‘Hello World’) when executed in interactive mode
of python command prompt it gives the output of the
entered command i.e. for now it prints the message
‘Hello World’.
Launching Python Idle
 The IDLE is graphical integrated development environment
for python.
 The python statements or commands which runs on
interactive mode of python IDLE are called as shell.
 Steps to launch it
- Press Start button
- Click all programs then click on Python 3.4. and then
click on python IDLE. After clicking you can see python
IDEL as follows
Continue…….
 A Python interactive shell prompt contains an opening
message >>>, called as “shell prompt”.
 The cursor at the shell prompt waits for you to enter a
python command.
 A complete command is called as “statement”.
 Following are the commands running on the shell prompt .
Executing Python Programs
 Running python program from a script file is known as
running python in “script mode”.
 steps required to write python programs in python IDLE’S
script mode.
 In python IDLE’s - shell window, click on File and then
click on New File or just click CTRL + N.

Enter Python Code Here

First Python Program in Script Mode

Let us consider the simple program to print the messages

“Hello Welcome to Python”, “Awesome Python!” and “Bye” on
the console.
Write the said statements on to the script mode

After writing save the file and click on Run on to the

menu bar to see the output on the Interactive Mode as
follows
Working of Python Program
Why Do People Use Python?
 Software quality--Python code is designed to be readable, and
hence reusable and maintainable.
 Developer productivity--Python code is typically one-third to
one-fifth the size of equivalent C++ or Java code. That means
there is less to type less to debug, and less to maintain after
the fact.
 Program portability--Most Python programs run unchanged
on all major computer platforms
 Support libraries--This library supports an array of
application-level programming tasks, from text pattern
matching to network scripting.
 Component integration
Who Uses Python Today?
 Google makes extensive use of Python in its web search
systems.
 The YouTube video sharing service is largely written in
Python
 NASA, Los Alamos, Fermilab, JPL, and others use
Python for scientific programming tasks.
 The NSA uses Python for cryptography and intelligence
analysis.
What Can I Do with Python?
 Python’s built-in interfaces to operating-system services
make it ideal for writing portable, maintainable system-
administration tools and utilities.
 Python’s simplicity and rapid turnaround also make it a good
match for graphical user interface programming.
 Python comes with standard Internet modules that allow
Python programs to perform a wide variety of networking
tasks, in client and server modes.
 there are Python interfaces to all commonly used relational
database systems—Sybase, Oracle, Informix, ODBC,
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and more.
 Numeric and Scientific Programming
What Are Python’s Technical Strengths?
 It’s Object-Oriented--Of equal significance, OOP is an
option in Python.
 It’s Free Python is completely free to use and distribute.
 It’s Portable
 Automatic memory management
 Python provides commonly used data structures such as lists,
dictionaries, and strings as intrinsic parts of the language; as
you’ll see, they’re both flexible and easy to use.
 It retains a remarkably simple syntax and design. The result
is a powerful programming tool with all the usability of a
scripting language
Conclusion
 Python is general purpose, interpreted and objects
oriented programming language
 You can enter Python statements interactively from the
Python prompt >>>
 Python Programs can be written on the script mode and
commands can be executed on the interactive mode.