Python is one of the widely used programming languages. Python word first appeared in 1990 in Monty Python’s Flying Circus, which was a British sketch comedy from 1969. It was developed by Guido Van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands and was released in 1991. He started working on Python in the late 1980s as a successor to ABC programming language and the first version of Python, which was released was 0.9.0 in 1991. Later on in 2000 Python 2.0 was released. And then in 2008 Python 3.0 was released which was not backward compatible with older versions. The Last release of Python 2.0 was the 2.7.18 version released in 2020. The latest version, 3.13, was released on October 7, 2024. Expect bug fix updates approximately every two months, while security updates are scheduled to be released in 5 years so approximately around October 2029.

Its ease, wider application, and simplicity are some of the main reasons behind its popularity. It is a convenient language for beginners because of its straightforward syntax, and it is best suited for advanced projects due to the presence of powerful libraries and frameworks. Python language is dynamically-typed and garbage-collected programming language.

Interpreted Language

Complete Python code is processed at the time of running by the interpreter for any under-defined function and code also. Compilation is not required from user’s end before executing it.

User Interactive Language

Users can converse with interpreters in the form of tools and signs. It is a mathematically dependent language that is well understood by one who is well-versed in mathematics.

Object Oriented Language

Python is an object-oriented programming language which means it structures code around objects and classes.

Python doesn’t translate its code directly into machine language that hardware interprets. Instead, python code saved as a (.py) file in the system is converted into byte code by the Python interpreter compiler, a simpler form (.pyc or .pyo files). This bytecode isn’t understood by the CPU, so Python uses an interpreter, called the Python Virtual Machine, to run it, which converts bytecode into machine code.

It is used for:

• web development (server-side)
• software development
• mathematics
• system scripting

Python is used in various fields like web development, data science, artificial intelligence, and automation, making it a versatile tool for professionals and learners alike.

Python has a variety of frameworks that support web development, machine learning, Artificial Intelligence and more. Here are some of the popular frameworks as follows:

For Web development:

1. Django
2. Flask
3. Tornado
4. Pyramid
5. Bottle
6. Web2py
7. Pylons

For Machine Learning:

1. TensorFlow
2. NumPy
3. SciPy

For Automation testing:

1. Selenium

For Game Development:

1. Pygame

 

In this section, we will learn about the basics of Python necessary to start building concepts of Python. For more details click here.