What is Python?
Python is a popular programming language. It was created by Guido van
Rossum, and released on 1991.
It is widely used nowadays for :
• Web development (server-side),
• Software development,
• Mathematical calculations,
• 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.
• Python can be used to handle big data and perform complex mathematics.
• Python can be used for production-ready software development.
Why Python?
• Python has a syntax very similar to the English language.
• Python allows developers to write programs in fewer lines.
• Python runs on an interpreter system, means that code can be executed as
soon as it’s written.
• Python can be treated in a procedural way, an object-oriented way as well as
in functional way.
Python Syntax
NumPy
• NumPy is short form of Numerical Python
• NumPy is a Python library and is used for working with arrays