Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. It was conceived in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands and Its implementation began in December 1989.

There are various companies using python are Youtube Google Facebook  Mozilla Firefox etc…

“Python is fast enough for our site and allows us to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers,” said Cuong Do, Software Architect, YouTube.com.

Why So Popular???

Just imagine you are starting a small manufacturing unit and for that, you need technical project support, so which option will you choose?

Option : (1) Developed the project in language which will take 6 months for completion with long coding Or,

Option : (2) The language which helps you to complete the same project in 4 months but you have to pay 20% more for the server.

If you focus on development speed and faster innovation,(2) should be your choice.

So python is used why??? See below……..

1)Less Code is Better :A task that requires an average of twenty lines of code in C and seven in Java can often be done with just one line in Python.

2) Friendly & Easy to Learn: Python is a general-purpose language-which is designed to be simple to read and write.  so that it could be easily read and understood even by amateur developers also.

3) Mature and large Python Community: Python was created more than 30 years ago. There are plenty of documentation, guides and Video Tutorials for Python language are available that learner and developer of any skill level or ages can use and receive the support required to enhance their knowledge in python programming language.

Many students get introduced to computer science only through Python language, which is the same language used for in-depth research projects.

This means that if somebody has an issue with python language, they can get instant support from developers of all levels ranging from beginner to expert in the community.

4) Corporate Sponsors: Programming languages grows faster when a corporate sponsor backs it. For example, PHP is backed by Facebook, Java by Oracle and Sun, Visual Basic & C# by Microsoft. Python Programming language is heavily backed by Facebook, Amazon Web Services, and especially Google.

Google adopted a python language way back in 2006 and have used it for many applications and platforms since then.

5) Python Has Amazing Libraries: Due to its corporate sponsorship and big supportive community of python, python has excellent libraries that you can use to select and save your time and effort on the initial cycle of development.

6) Versatility: One more best thing about versatility of python language is that it can be used in many varieties of environments such as mobile applications, desktop applications, web development, hardware programming, and many more.

The versatility of python makes it more attractive to use due to its high number of applications.

7) Big Data Machine Learning and Cloud Computing: Python language is the second most popular used tool after R language for data science and analytics. Most of the research and development takes place in python language due to its many applications, including ease of analyzing and organizing the usable data.

8)The Flexibility: The python language is so flexible that it gives the developer the chance to try something new. The person who is an expert in python language is not just limited to build similar kinds of things but can also go on to try to make something different than before.

Python doesn’t restrict developers from developing any sort of application. This kind of freedom and flexibility by just learning one language is not available in other programming languages.

9)Python in academics: Now python language is being treated as the core programming language in schools and colleges due to its countless uses in Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Data Science, etc. It has now become a fundamental part of the development world that schools and colleges cannot afford not to teach python language.

10) Optimization: Companies can optimize their most expensive resource: employees and is also Enable competitiveness improvement by fast innovation.

Features of Python:

1. Python is a high level language. It is a free and open source language.
2. It is an interpreted language, as Python programs are executed by an interpreter.
3. Python programs are easy to understand as they have a clearly defined syntax and relatively simple structure.
4. Python is case-sensitive. For example, NUMBER and number are not same in Python.
5. Python is portable and platform independent, means it can run on various operating systems and hardware platforms.
6. Python has a rich library of predefined functions.
7. Python is also helpful in web development. Many popular web services and applications are built using Python.
8. Python uses indentation for blocks and nested blocks.

•  Suggested Reading Material

• NCERT Textbook for COMPUTER SCIENCE (Class XI)
• Support Materials on the CBSE website.

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