What is Python

Python is a powerful dynamic, interpreted ( actually byte compiled ) programming language that is extremely useful and widely used. Because of its popularity there is a large amount of amount of documentation, example programs, books, blogs and open source libraries available.

Python is also widely used in both commercial and open source projects, and it has the ability to compile to native executable, java, and .NET

Although I believe python has a very strong object oriented syntax, my favorite aspect of the language is its ability not to force you in to an object oriented solution. Instead, you can write very simple and very powerful python programs without understanding or needing to use classes, dependency injection or other advanced object oriented concepts.

Having programmed for many years, I wanted to get back to basic programming and engineering concepts that are fundamental and did not rely on modern design patterns and practices.

https://www.python.org/


One of the best tells of an easy programming language is how easy it is to get started. If you have an internet browser you can navigate to https://www.python.org/shell/ and type in the provided python shell and immediately begin to learn python.

Hello World

The traditional way to begin learning a programming language is with the Hello World program and in python it is very simple:

print 'hello world!'

The above program simply prints the words "Hello World" to the given terminal. It is an output only program and that is very easy to write and maintain!

Useful Links

https://www.w3schools.com/python/ - One of the best to the point python tutorials available.


https://realpython.com/installing-python/ - Guide to installing python




O'Rielly books are really good and I would suggest purchasing one if you want to learn more about python.