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12/15/2018

Introduction to Python

Python introduction:
Father of Python was Guido van Rossum.
Python is a high level, interpreted, scripting language. It can be used in most of the fields of computer science and technology. The demand of python is increasing day by day due to its simplicity and its interesting features. The common features of python language are given below.
  • It is very simple and easy to learn.
  • Python is platform independent language.
  • Python is case sensitive language.
  • It is dynamically typed language.
  • It is object oriented language.
  • Python has rich library for IOT(Internet of Things), Networking, Scientific Computing, Web scrapping, hacking etc.
  • It is scripting, interpreted language.
  • Python is favourite language for hackers and penetration testers as writing script in it is very simple and straight forward.  
  • Python has great libraries for handling database, graphical user interface, text processing, image processing etc.
Why name is Python??
Most people think that the name of python is taken from a breed of snake, but it is not true. Actually creator of Python language(Guido van Rossum) was great fan of a circus show named "Monty Python's Flying Circus". So he named it Python.


Versions of Python:
The version history of python is given below.
First version: 0.9.0 (1991)
Current version: 3.8.2 (2020)


Applications of Python:
Most of the popular applications like Youtube, Quora, Bit torrent, Google, Firefox are developed in Python.
More than 1 Million projects on github are created using python.
If we learn python then we can continue our career in the following fields
  • GUI applications
  • Web applications
  • Data Science
  • Big Data analysis
  • Artificial intelligence or Machine learning
  • Internet of Things
  • Ethical hacking
  • Penetration testing 
Installation of Python:
For running python scripts or programs we need to download python interpreter. You can download python interpreter from official website and installation process is very simple and easy.
https://www.python.org/downloads/ 
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