Skip to main content

INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION







INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON AND SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

Introduction: Python is a very powerful programming language developed by Guido van Rossum during 1980’s. Python is an open source, high- level object oriented scripting programming language. Python is used by modern programmers because it is easy to learn and understand and at the same time very powerful.

Python supports various other programming languages like Perl, PHP and so on. The main feature or advantage about python is, it is an interactive and interpreted programming language. Unlike other programming languages, like C, C++, JAVA, Python doesn’t need any compiler to run the code. The code can be directly written and run using the python software and hence it is an interpreter language.
Python is derived from many other programming languages. It supports object-oriented style which means that the program can be encapsulated with objects.

Some of the Features of Python are:

1)  It supports broad standard libraries and is also compatible with other platforms like UNIX, MAC and Windows.
2)    Python supports GUI applications which is created for many system calls, it supports databases interface for commercial use.
3)  It is scalable and portable which means it supports large programs and can run on almost all hardware platforms.
4)  It supports both low-level programming as well as high-level programming which means it supports functional and structural programming methods.
5)  Easy to read, learn and understand because it uses more English keywords which makes it simple.
6)     Can be used with large applications.

How to install the software and get started:
As mentioned earlier, Python is an open source software so you can directly go to the download page www.python.org and download the most latest available software and documents.
Python software is available for wide range of platforms and it can be downloaded from the same link mentioned above. Before installing the software, check for the bit version your machine is running on. Python is available for both versions; that is 32 bit version as well as 64 bit version. Just follow the instructions of installing. It is easy to install and get started.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

DECISION MAKING STATEMENTS

DECISION MAKING STATEMENTS During the execution of the program, when there is a specific application to check the condition and make a proper decision, Decision making statements are used to anticipate specific actions which has to be taken depending upon the condition. Decision making statements are evaluated using TRUE and FALSE values. For example, if a particular condition is TRUE what outcome is expected and when, FALSE what outcome is expected. Depending on the application of program, set of statements are written into the code to perform a particular task. Python provides following types of decision making statements: Ø If statement: It is normal If statement which has condition in terms of Boolean expression, comparison operators, etc. Ø If..else statement: In this case, an If is followed by an else statement. It means ‘IF’ condition turns to be FALSE than ‘ELSE’ will be executed automatically Ø Ladder If.. else if .. else if: This is an extension o...
Post a Comment
Read more

COMPARISON, LOGICAL, ASSIGNMENT AND BITWISE OPERATORS

COMPARISON, LOGICAL, ASSIGNMENT AND BITWISE OPERATORS In this blog we will see about Arithmetic operators and understand how to use it with Python IDLE to perform certain calculations. PYTHON COMPARISON OPERATORS OPERATOR DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE        == Checks whether LHS is equal to RHS, then the condition becomes true 10==10 is true        != Checks whether LHS is not equal to RHS, then the condition becomes true 2!=3 is true        > Checks whether LHS is greater than RHS, then the condition becomes true 6>3 is true        < Checks whether LHS is less than RHS, then the condition becomes true 6<10 is true        >= Checks whether LHS is gre...
Post a Comment
Read more

BUILT INS FUNCTIONS IN PYTHON

BUILT INS FUNCTIONS IN PYTHON Every programming languages have certain pre-defined functions. Similarly, for certain tasks python has built in functions which you can access and understand as explained in the video.   dir(__builtins__): This module will return all the built in function and identifiers directly available to the programmer.   help(“function name”): This is the most important function in python. It gives the complete detail regarding the function which you mentioned inside help().
Post a Comment
Read more