Python class 11 'IP' Basics


  • Python is a Programming language used to create software, websites and for scientific computing.
  • Programming language is a language that can be used to write programs to give instructions to computer to perform a specific task.
  • Other popular programming language are C, C++, Java, VB, C# and JavaScript.
  • Popularity of python can be attributed to its huge library(collection of modules, functions) that can be used by the programmer to build any program in less time and effort than any other programming language.
  • Data Science and Machine learning are the two buzzwords that's been around quite some time and to implement techniques of data science and machine learning python is the tool of choice for most programmers.
Advantages of Python Language are:-
  • Easy to use - Programmers find it very easy to use it because the rules(syntax) for writing instructions are very much similar to other high level language(C, C++, Java).
  • Expressive Language - Requires fewer lines of code to build a program than any other high level language. 
  • Interpreted Language - Python interpreter executes the code line by line at a time.
  • Its Completness - Installing python you get everything you need to do real work. You donot need to download additional libraries.
  • Cross Platform Language - Script/Program developed in one platform say windows using python language can very well be used in other platform as well like Unix, Mac.
  • Free And Open Source - Python language is freely available to download and install. Open Source means python's source code can be modified/improved/extended by anyone and redistributed.
  • Variety of Usage - These days python is being used in applications such as:
    Desktop application, creating websites, Game development, Data Science & Machine Learning

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