What is Python?

Python is an interpreted, object-oriented high-level, dynamically semantic programming language. Its high-level built-in data structures, combined with dynamic binding and dynamic typing, make it ideal for Rapid Application Development and as a scripting or glue language for connecting existing components. Python’s simple, easy-to-learn syntax emphasizes readability and reduces the software maintenance costs. Modules and packages which facilitate software modularity and code reuse are supported by this programming language. The Python interpreter and its comprehensive standard library are free to download and distribute in its source or binary form for all major platforms.

• Is interactive in the sense that you can sit at a Python prompt and write your program by interacting directly with the interpreter.
• Is Object-Oriented as it supports an Object-Oriented programming style or technique in which code is contained inside objects.
• Agreat language for beginners because it allows you to create a wide variety of applications, from basic text processing to web browsers and games.

History of Python

In the late 1980s, Guido van Rossum developed this programming language. There is a reason why the name Python was chosen. Guido van Rossum was reading the published scripts for “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” a famous BBC comedy series from the 1970s. Van Rossum wanted a name that was different, unique, and a little mysterious and thus he decided upon the name “Python”.

Python is derived from ABC, Modula-3, C, C++, Algol-68, SmallTalk, and Unix shell, and other scripting languages. Python is copyrighted. Like Perl, Python source code is available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Why is Python so popular?

1)   First-choice Language

Python is the programming language of choice for many programmers and students, owing to its high demand in the development industry. Students and developers always look forward to learning a language that is in high demand. Python is undoubtedly the hottest cake in the market right now. The programming language is used by many programmers and data science students for their development projects. One of the most important sections of data science certification courses is learning this language. In this way, the Python programming language can provide students with a plethora of exciting career choices.

2)   Versatility, Efficiency, Reliability, and Speed

The Python programming language is more powerful, dependable, and faster than most modern languages. Due to its flexibility, it can be used in a wide range of environments, including mobile apps, desktop apps, web creation, hardware programming, and so on. Its versatility and high number of applications makes it more attractive to use.

3)   Mature and Supportive Python Community

This programming language was developed more than 30 years ago, which is a long time for any programming language culture to evolve and expand to the point that it can help developers at all levels, from novice to expert. There is a range of documentation, guides, and video tutorials available for the language that learners and developers of all skill levels and ages can use to improve their knowledge of the language.

4) Big data, Machine Learning and Cloud Computing

Cloud computing, machine learning, and big data are three of the most common computer science trends right now, and they’re helping a lot of companies change and develop their processes and workflows.

Python is the most widely used programming language for data science and analytics. Many of the organization’s data processing workloads are solely based on the this programming language. Because of its many uses, including the ease of analyzing and organizing functional data, the language is used for the majority of research and development.

5) Support from Renowned Corporate Sponsors

When a company sponsors a programming language, it grows faster. For example, Facebook supports PHP, Oracle and Sun support Java, and Microsoft supports Visual Basic and C#. Facebook, Amazon Web Services, and, most notably, Google all support the Python programming language.

Google adopted the programming language in 2006 and has since used it in a number of applications and platforms. Google has invested a lot of time and resources in the training and success of the programming language. They’ve also built a separate python-only portal. In the developer community, the list of support resources and documentation for the language continues to expand.

Python Features

• Databases − Interfaces to all major commercial databases can be provided by Python.

• GUI Programming − supports GUI applications that can be created and ported to many system libraries, calls and windows systems, such as Windows MFC, Mac, and the X Window system of Unix.

• Scalable − provides a better structure and support for large programs than shell scripting.

• supports functional and structured programming methods as well as OOP.
• Easy-to-maintain − source code is easy-to-maintain.

• A broad standard library − Python’s bulk of the library is very portable and cross-platform compatible on UNIX, Mac, and Windows

• Interactive Mode − Python has support for an interactive mode that allows interactive testing and debugging of snippets of code.

• Portable − 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.

• provides very high-level dynamic data types and supports dynamic type checking.

• supports automatic garbage collection.

• can be easily integrated with C, C++, COM, ActiveX, CORBA, and Java.