PYTHON

LECTURE 1
 Today’s Agenda

An Introduction to Python

• Necessity Of Programming

• What Is Python ?

• Why And Who Created It ?

• What Python Can Do ?

• Why Should I Learn Python In 2020 ?

• Important Features
 Why Do We Need Programming ?

• To communicate with digital machines and make them

work accordingly

• Today in the programming world , we have more than

800 languages available.

• And every language is designed to fulfill a particular

kind of requirement
 Brief History Of Prog. Lang

⚫ C language was primarily designed to develop “System

Softwares” like Operating Systems, Device Drivers etc .

⚫ To remove security problems with “C” language , C++

language was designed.

⚫ It is an Object Oriented Language which provides data

security and can be used to solve real world problems.

⚫ Many popular software like Adobe Acrobat , Winamp Media

Player,Internet Explorer,Mozilla Firefox etc were designed in
C++
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 What is Python ?

⚫ Python is a general purpose and powerful

programming language.

⚫ Python is considered as one of the most versatile

programming language as it can be used to develop
almost any kind of application including desktop
application , web applications , CAD , Image
processing and many more.
Who created Python ?

⚫ Developed by Guido Van

Rossum , a Dutch scientist

⚫ Created at Center For

Mathematics and
Research , Netherland

⚫ It is inspired by another
programming language called
ABC
Why was Python
created ?

⚫ Guido started Python

development as a hobby in
1989

⚫ But since then it has grown to

become one of the most
polished languages of the
computing world.
How Python got
it’s name?

⚫ The name Python is inspired

from Guido’s favorite
Comedy TV show called
“Monty Python’s Flying
Circus”

⚫ Guido wanted a name that was

short, unique, and slightly
mysterious, so he decided to
call the language Python.
Who manages Python
today ?

⚫ From version 2.1 onwards ,

python is managed by Python
Software Foundation
situated in Delaware , USA

⚫ It is a non-profit
organization devoted to the
growth and enhancement of
Python language

⚫ Their website is
http://www.python.org
What Python can do ?

⚫ GUI Application

⚫ Web Application

⚫ Data Analysis

⚫ Machine Learning

⚫ Raspberry Pi

⚫ Game Development
GUI In Python

⚫ Python is used for GUI

apps all the time.

⚫ It has famous libraries

like PyQT , Tkinter to
build desktop apps.
Web Application
In Python

⚫ We can use Python to

create web applications
on many levels of
complexity

⚫ There are many

excellent Python
frameworks like
Django, Pyramid and
Flask for this purpose
Data Analysis In Python

⚫ Data Analysis is
about making
predictions with
data

⚫ Python is the leading

language of choice for
many data scientists

⚫ It has grown in
popularity due to it’s
excellent libraries like
Numpy , Pandas etc
Machine Learning
In Python

⚫ Machine learning is a field of

AI (Artificial
Intelligence) by using
which software
applications can learn to
increase their accuracy for
the expecting outcomes.

⚫ It is heavily used in Face

recognition , music
recommendation ,
medical data etc

⚫ Python has many wonderful

libraries to implement ML
algos like SciKit-Learn ,
Tensorflow etc
Raspberry Pi
In Python

⚫ The Raspberry Pi is a
low cost, credit-card
sized computer that
plugs into a computer
monitor or TV, and uses
a standard keyboard
and mouse.

⚫ It can do almost
everything a normal
desktop can do
Raspberry Pi
In Python

⚫ We can build Home

Automation System and
even robots using
Raspberry-Pi

⚫ The coding on a
Raspberry Pi can be
performed using Python
Game Development
In Python

⚫ We can write
whole games in Python
using PyGame.

⚫ Popular games
developed in Python
are:
⚪ Bridge Commander
⚪ Civilization IV
⚪ Battlefield 2
⚪ Eve Online
⚪ Freedom Force
 Why should
I learn Python ?

⚫ 3rd most popular programming

⚫ Fastest growing language

⚫ Opens lots of doors

⚫ Big corporates prefer Python

⚫ Means , PYTHON IS THE

FUTURE
Who uses Python
today ?
 Features Of Python

⚫ Simple
⚫ Dynamically Typed
⚫ Robust
⚫ Supports multiple programming paradigms
⚫ Compiled as well as Interpreted
⚫ Cross Platform
⚫ Extensible
⚫ Embedded
⚫ Extensive Library
 Simple

⚫ Python is very simple

⚫ As compared to other popular languages like Java and

C++, it is easier to code in Python.

⚫ Python code is comparitively 3 to 5 times smaller than

C/C++/Java code
 Print Hello Satna!
IN C
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
printf("Hello Satna!");
return 0;
}

IN JAVA
public class HelloWorld{
public static void main( String[] args ) {
System.out.println( "Hello Satna!" );
}
}

IN PYTHON
print('Hello Satna!')
 Swap 2 Nos
IN C
int a=10,b=20,temp;
temp=a;
a=b;
b=temp;

IN JAVA
int a=10,b=20,temp;
temp=a;
a=b;
b=temp;

IN PYTHON
a,b=10,20
a,b=b,a
 Add 2 Nos
IN C
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
int a=10,b=20;
printf(“Sum is %d”,a+b);
return 0;
}
IN JAVA
public class HelloWorld{
public static void main( String[] args ) {
int a=10,b=20;
System.out.println( “Sum is “+(a+b));
}
}
IN PYTHON
a,b=10,20
print(“Sum is”,a+b)
Dynamically Typed
 Dynamically Typed
IN C IN Python
int a;
a=10
a=10;
a=“Bhopal”; a=“Bhopal”
 Robust

⚫ Python has very strict rules which every program must

compulsorily follow and if these rules are violated then Python
terminates the code by generating “Exception”

⚫ To understand python’s robustness , guess the output of the

following /C++ code:

int arr[5];
int i;
for(i=0;i<=9;i++)
{
arr[i]=i+1;
}
 Robust

⚫ In Python if we write the same code then it will generate

Exception terminating the code

⚫ Due to this other running programs on the computer do not

get affected and the system remains safe and secure
 Supports Multiple
Programming Paradigms

⚫ Python supports both procedure-oriented and

object-oriented programming which is one of the key
python features.

⚫ In procedure-oriented languages, the program is built

around procedures or functions which are nothing but
reusable pieces of programs.

⚫ In object-oriented languages, the program is built

around objects which combine data and functionality
 Compiled
As Well As Interpreted

⚫ Python uses both a compiler as well as interpreter for

converting our source and running it

⚫ However , the compilation part is hidden from the

programmer ,so mostly people say it is an interpreted
language
 Cross Platform

⚫ Let’s assume we’ve written a Python code for our

Windows machine.

⚫ Now, if we want to run it on a Mac, we don’t need to make

changes to it for the same.

⚫ In other words, we can take one code and run it on any

machine, there is no need to write different code for
different machines.

⚫ This makes Python a cross platform language

 Extensible

⚫ Python allows us to call C/C++/Java code from a Python

code and thus we say it is an extensible language

⚫ We generally use this feature when we need a critical piece

of code to run very fast .

⚫ So we can code that part of our program in C or C++ and

then use it from our Python program.
 Embedded

⚫ We just saw that we can put code in other languages in our

Python source code.

⚫ However, it is also possible to put our Python code in a

source code in a different language like C++.

⚫ This allows us to integrate Python feature into our program

of the other language.
 Extensive Library

⚫ The Python Standard Library is huge indeed.

⚫ It can help you do various things like Database

Programming , E-mailing ,GUI Programming etc