EXPERIMENT NO.
01
Title : Study of Python
Introduction
Python is a very popular general-purpose interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, and high- level
programming language. Python is dynamically-typed and garbage-collected programming
language. It was created by Guido van Rossum during 1985- 1990. Like Perl, Python source
code is also available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Python supports multiple programming paradigms, including Procedural, Object Oriented and
Functional programming language. Python design philosophy emphasizes code readability with
the use of significant indentation.
Why to Learn Python?
Python is consistently rated as one of the world's most popular programming languages. Python
is fairly easy to learn, so if you are starting to learn any programming language then Python
could be your great choice. Today various Schools, Colleges and Universities are teaching
Python as their primary programming language. There are many other good reasons which
makes Python as the top choice of any programmer:
Python is Open Source which means its available free of cost.
Python is simple and so easy to learn
Python is versatile and can be used to create many different things.
Python has powerful development libraries include AI, ML etc.
Python is much in demand.
Python is a MUST for students and working professionals to become a great Software Engineer
specially when they are working in Web Development Domain. I will list down some of the key
advantages of learning Python:
Python is Interpreted – Python is processed at runtime by the interpreter. You do not
need to compile your program before executing it. This is similar to PERL and PHP.
Python is Interactive - You can actually sit at a Python prompt and interact with the
interpreter directly to write your programs.
Python is Object-Oriented Python supports Object-Oriented style or technique of
programming that encapsulates code within objects.
Python is a Beginner's Language - Python is a great language for the beginner-level
programmers and supports the development of a wide range of applications from simple
text processing to WWW browsers to games.
Characteristics of Python
Following are important characteristics of Python Programming -
It supports functional and structured programming methods as well as OOP.
It can be used as a scripting language or can be compiled to byte-code for building large
applications.
It provides very high-level dynamic data types and supports dynamic type checking.
It supports automatic garbage collection.
It can be easily integrated with C, C++, COM, ActiveX, CORBA, and Java.
Applications of Python
The latest release of Python is 3.x. As mentioned before, Python is one of the most widely used
language over the web. Few of them are:
Easy-to-learn- Python has few keywords, simple structure, and a clearly defined
syntax. This allows the student to pick up the language quickly.
Easy-to-read - Python code is more clearly defined and visible to the eyes.
Easy-to-maintain - Python's source code is fairly easy-to-maintain.
A broad standard library - Python's bulk of the library is very portable and cross-
platform compatible on UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh.
Interactive Mode - Python has support for an interactive mode which allows interactive
testing and debugging of snippets of code.
Portable - Python can run on a wide variety of hardware platforms and has the same
interface on all platforms.
Extendable - You can add low-level modules to the Python interpreter. These modules
enable programmers to add to or customize their tools to be more efficient.
Databases - Python provides interfaces to all major commercial databases.
GUI Programming - Python supports GUI applications that can be created and ported to
many system calls, libraries and windows systems, such as Windows MFC, Macintosh,
and the X Window system of Unix.
Scalable Python provides a better structure and support for large programs than shell
scripting.
