Introduction

  • Python is a high-level and interpreted programming language.
  • It is created by Guido van Rossum. Python first released in 1991, Python has a good design philosophy.
  • It provides features like code readability, and a syntax that allows fewer lines of code to implement functionality compare to other programming languages. Python is a general purpose programming language.

History of python

  • Python was conceived in the late 1980s, and its implementation began in December 1989 by Guido van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor to the ABC language (itself inspired by SETL) capable of exception handling and interfacing with the operating system Amoeba.
  • Rossum was fan of a comedy series from late seventies. The name "Python" was taken from the same series "Monty Python's Flying Circus".

Features of Python Programming

  • A simple language which is easier to learn
  • Free and open source Portability (run code in any platform)
  • Extensible and embeddable(c, c++, etc)
  • A high level interpreted language
  • Large standard libraries to solve common problems
  • Supports object oriented programming

Applications of python

  • Web and Internet Development
  • Frameworks such as Django and Pyramid.
  • Micro-frameworks such as Flask and Bottle.

  • Advanced content management systems such as Plone and django CMS.

  • Scientific and Numeric

  • SciPy is a collection of packages for mathematics, science, and engineering.

  • Pandas is a data analysis and modeling library.

  • Education

  • Python is a superb language for teaching programming, both at the introductory level and in more advanced courses.

  • Books such as How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, and Practical Programming.

  • Desktop GUIs

  • wxWidgets

  • Qt via pyqt or pyside

  • Software Development

  • Python used as a supporting language for software developers along with other programming languages.
  • Python is used in automation of software processes.
  • Also used for build, control and management, testing and in many other ways.
  • SCons for build control.
  • Buildbot and Apache Gump for automated continuous compilation and testing.

  • Roundup or Trac for bug tracking and project management.

  • Business Applications

  • python is used for ERP(enterprice resource planning) and internet e-commerce applications.
  • Odoo offers a range of business applications that form a complete pack of enterprise management applications.
  • Tryton is a high-level general purpose application platform.