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This document provides an introduction and overview of the Python programming language. It discusses that Python is an interpreted, high-level and object-oriented scripting language. It also summarizes Python's history, major releases, features, popular uses cases, and how to set up the Python environment and use the interactive interpreter or write scripts.

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Python Day 1

This document provides an introduction and overview of the Python programming language. It discusses that Python is an interpreted, high-level and object-oriented scripting language. It also summarizes Python's history, major releases, features, popular uses cases, and how to set up the Python environment and use the interactive interpreter or write scripts.

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Introduction to Python

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Software Language Levels
• Machine Language (Binary)
• Assembly Language
– Assembler converts Assembly into machine
• High Level Languages (C, Java, Python)
– Compiled : C
– Interpreted : Python, Perl, Shell

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Complier Interpreter

Source File

Interpreter
(Intermediate
Code)

Executable
Program

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PYTHON

• High Level Scripting Language


• Processed at runtime by interpreter
• Object Oriented
• Provides high-level dynamic data
• Open Source with cross platform

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History
• Conceived in the late s
• Developed 1990 by Guido van Rossum,
Netherlands
• Derived from ABC, Modula-3, C, C++
• Open sourced from the beginning
• Used by Google from the beginning

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Releases
• Created in 1989 by Guido Van Rossum
• Python 1.0 released in 1994
• Python 2.0 released in 2000
• Python 3.0 released in 2008
• Python 2.7 is the recommended version
• 3.0 adoption will take a few years

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Python Features
• Designed to be easy to learn and master
– Clean, clear syntax
– Very few keywords
• Highly portable
– Runs almost anywhere - high end servers,
workstations, Linux and Mac OSX
• Inbuilt Variables
• GUI Programming
• Easily integrated with C, C++, Java

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Python Features
no compiling or linking mixed language systems
no type declarations fast development
automatic memory management run-time program construction
high-level data types and interactive, dynamic nature
operations
object-oriented programming fewer restrictions and rules
embedding and extending in C wide portability
classes, modules, exceptions system Files, GUIs, databases, etc.
Reusability simpler, shorter, more flexible

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Who uses Python?
1. Google
2. NASA
3. Library of congress- research library of US
4. The ONION- American digital media compay
….a d the list goes o ….

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Environmental Setup

• Pre-installed on most Unix systems, including


Linux and MAC OS X
• Download from http://python.org/download/
• Latest version - Python 3.6.1
• Comes with a large library of standard
modules

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Running Python

• Interactive Interpreter
• Script from command-line
• Integrated Development environment(IDE)

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Integrated Development environment(IDE)
1. PyDev with Eclipse
2. Komodo
3. Emacs
4. Vim
5. pycharm
6. Gedit
7. Idle
8. PIDA (Linux)(VIM Based)
9. NotePad++ (Windows)
10.BlueFish (Linux)

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Interactive Interpreter

Pytho pro pts with >>>


To exit python CTRL-D
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Script from command line
To make the file executable  filename.py
Then run  Python filename.py

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Integrated Development Environment
• Runs Python from IDE

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Interactive programming mode
>>> 3 + 7
• The interpreter 10
provides an interactive >>> 3 < 15
environment to play True
>>> Hello..!
with the language
Hello
• Results of expressions >>>'pri t e
are printed on the Print me
>>> print Hello..!
screen
Hello..!

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Interactive mode programming
Examples:
>>>Name= Pytho >>> print (50/2)
>>>print (Name) 25
Python >>>round(2.333)
>>> print (1+2+3+4) 2
10 >>> x = 3 + 2j
>>> print (15/2) >>> y = -1j
7 >>> x + y
>>> print (15.0/2) (3+1j)
7.5
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Script mode Programming
num1 = 10
num2 = 20
sum = num1+num2
print Su of Nu is: ,sum

•Save in .py extension (filename.py)


•Run the program

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