Basics Overview Of Python

Python is a high-level, interpreted, interactive and object-oriented scripting programming language. Python is designed for highly readable. It uses English keywords frequently whereas other languages use punctuation, and it has fewer syntactical constructions than other languages. 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.

• History Of Python:

Python’s origins lie way back in distant December 1989, making it the same age as Taylor Swift. Created by Guido van Rossum (the Python community’s Benevolent Dictator for Life) as a hobby project to work on during week around Christmas, Python is famously named not after the constrictor snake but rather the British comedy troupe Monty Python’s Flying Circus. (We’re quite thankful for this at Packt – we have no idea what we’d put on the cover if we had to pick for ‘Monty’ programming books!)

Python was born out of the ABC language, a terminated project of the Dutch CWI research institute that van Rossum worked for, and the Amoeba distributed operating system. When Amoeba needed a scripting language, van Rossum created Python. One of the principle strengths of this new language was how easy it was to extend, and its support for multiple platforms – a vital innovation in the days of the first personal computers. Capable of communicating with libraries and differing file formats, Python quickly took off.

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