Python - A beginning to programming



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Are you new to programming? Want to try a new programming language? This article will serve your purpose. 
Python is a general-purpose programming language with high level of readability.
     
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Python is a programming language developed in its late 1980s. Guido Van Rossum, a computer programmer from Netherlands started it as hobby project during the Christmas holidays. It is easy language. It is understandable as a plain English. It is a successor of ABC language and has major influence from other languages like ABC,Lisp and Perl . It is an open source i.e it refers to a computer program in which the software is available to public and can be modified and redesigned. It is increasingly considered as a language for a novice programmer to begin with . Python is easy to learn, easy to read  and easy to maintain. 

The salient features of Python are listed below:

Python is structured and has simple and clear syntax. 
It has a bulk of portable library and compatible on cross platform languages.
Python programs need not be compiled and can be processed by run time by the interpreter.
It supports object oriented concepts and it can be considered as scripting language especially for many web applications.
It also automatic garbage collection and memory management.
Python supports databases like MySQL,Oracle and Sybase etc.
To support designing and maintaining of complex web applications many web frameworks like Django,web2py are used.


Python  does not come pre-installed on Windows.  It has to be downloaded and manually installed.Python programs can be created using any text editor such as Notepad++. .py is the extension for python programs and scripts. It can be used to executed from command prompt.



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