- Python is an interpreted, high level, a general-purpose programming language created by Guido van Rossum.
- Python is a high-level language nowadays most commonly used by a scientist’s data analysis and too many people to solve real-time problems.
- Python supports multiple programming paradigms such as structural programming, procedural, object-oriented and functional programming
- Python is an easily readable language.
- Anyone
- For absolute beginners with no prior programming experience.
- Python is very readable.
- You won’t waste a lot of time memorizing the complex syntax that other programming languages present you.
- Python is a syntax wise very easy language, so I don’t think it will take more time to pick it up.
- Python is the highest growing programming language in this world .
- Beginner Friendliness .
- Easy to understand .
- Very flexible .
- Scalability.
There are 2 python version both are developing simultaneously
- Python 2.x
- Python 3.x
- Although Python 2.7 is still widely used, Python 3 adoption is growing quickly
- In 2016, 71.9% of projects used Python 2.7, but by 2017, it had fallen to 63.7%
- This signals that the programming community is turning to Python 3–albeit gradually–when developing real-world applications.
- Python 2 is Legacy but python 3 is the Future.
- So prefer Python 3
- There is better Unicode support in the python 3
- Python 3 has improved division integer
Example:-
result=5/2
#in Python 2 : 2
#In Python 3 : 2.5
- Python 2 and python 3 have its print statement syntax Example
Python2: print “add here text”
python3: print(“ass here text”)
The simple answer? Learn the latest version.
- If you are a beginner stage of python then do not use any third party idle. use python default idle that will help u remember the syntaxes and indentation.
- Pycharm
- Jupyter notebook
- spyder
- Vs code
- Eclipse
- Atom
- Before searching exe file, first collect your operating system details, such as an operating system platform (windows) Then bit version of os (32 bit,64 bit)
- Visit Here https://www.python.org/downloads/
- Select Appropriate Python Version
Python 3.7.4
Python 3.6.9
Python 3.7.3
Python 3.4.10
Python 3.5.7
Python 2.7.16
Python 3.7.2
Python 3.6.8
Python 3.7.1
- Scroll Down page And select Windows x86-64 executable installer from avialable list of options.
- After completion of downlaod of python executable installer Double Click On It
- After download complete double click on it and check the option to add Python path to system. path(you can also try manually later for adding a path in the system)
- now check your os and search for a python you will get python idle just click on it and it will open like as a terminal which is python shell
- for checking the proper installation On python shell just write
print(“I am from terminal”)
And hit enter Now the result will be displayed in the next line.
Now you have successfully done python installation