Name derived from

famous BBC comedy

show namely Monty
Python’s flying circus
Python was created by Guido Van Rossum
The language was released in February I991
Python got its name from a BBC comedy series
from seventies- “Monty Python‟s Flying Circus”
Python can be used to follow both Procedural
approach and Object Oriented approach of
programming
It is free to use
Python is based on or influenced with two
programming languages:
ABC language [replacement of BASIC]
Modula-3
Easy to use Object oriented language
Expressive language
Interpreted Language
Its completeness
Cross-platform Language
Fee and Open source
Variety of Usage / Applications
• Python is compact and very easy to use
object oriented language with very simple
syntax rules. It is very high level language
and thus very-very programmer -friendly

• More capable to express code‟s purpose than

many othr language like – swapping of two
numbers:
In C++ In Python
int a=2, b=3, tmp; a,b=2,3
tmp=a; a,b=b,a
a=b;
b=tmp; VINOD KUMAR MA, PGT(CS), KV OEF KANPUR &
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• It is interpreted not compiled, thus executes code
line by line and it makes python easy-to-debug
and suitable for beginners and advanced users

• When you install Python, you get everything i.e.

you don‟t need to install additional libraries. All
functionality is available with Python additional
library. Features like web-pages, database
connectivity, GUI features are available in Python
standard library. Python follows – “Battery
included” philosophy
• Python can run equally well on variety of
platforms – Windows, Linux/UNIX, Macintosh,
supercomputers, smart phones. Python is
portable language.

• It is feely available i.e. without any cost can be

downloaded from www.python.org.
• It is also open source i.e. you can modify,
improve/extend an open-source software
• Python is being used in many
diverse fields/applications,
some of which are:
• Scripting
• Web Applications
• Game Development
• System Administrations
• Rapid Prototyping
• GUI Programs
• Database Applications
Not the fastest language
Lesser Libraries than C, Java, Perl
Not Strong on Type-binding
Not Easily convertible
• Because of its interpreted nature Python is not
fast as compare to compiled language. Python is
first compiled into an internal byte-code which is
then executed by Python interpreter.

• Python offers library support for almost all

computing programs, but its library is still not
competent with languages like C, java as they
have larger collection available.
• Python is not very strong on data type checking
i.e. “Type- mismatch” issues. For example if you
declare variable as integer but later store a
string value in it, Python will not raise any error.

• Because of its lack of syntax, Python is easy to

program but it becomes disadvantage when it
comes to translate python program to another
language.
Before we start working on Python we need to
install Python in our computer. There are multiple
distributions available today:
Default Installation available from www.python.org
is called Cpython installation and comes with
python interpreter, Python IDLE(Python GUI) and
Pip(package installer)
ANACONDA Python distribution is one such highly
recommended distribution that comes with
preloaded many packages and libraries(NumPy,
SciPy, Panda etc)
Other Popular IDEs like Sypder, PytCharm, etc.
Spyder IDE is
available as a part of ANACONDA.
After Python installation we can start working
with python. In Python we can work in 2 ways:

Interactive
Mode
Python (Immedi
working ate
Ways Mode)
Script
Mode
The default installation of CPython
Interpreter,
comes Python IDLE
with and pip(package installer).
Python
To work in either interactive mode or script we need
to open Python IDLE

To work in interactive mode, follow the process

given below:
(i) Click start button  All Programs  Python
3.6.x IDLE Or
Click start button  All Programs  Python
3.6.x Python
(command
line)
Interactive modes – one command at a time
Python executes the given command and gives
the output.
In interactive mode we type command at IDLE

>>> ( >>>
prompt20 + ) (command give by
30
For e.g if you type 20 + 30 in from of IDLE
user)
prompt
50 the above example (output
From you given
can seeby than at
>>> we have to python) just give the command to
execute and python we execute it if it is error free
otherwise gives an error.
 (
)
( )
)
)
(
(
(

)
print
(“Hello”)
Script Mode – multiple commands can be saved
in a file as a
program and then we can execute the entire
program
we type Python program in a file and then use the
interpreter to execute the content from the file.
Working in interactive mode is convenient for
beginners and for testing small pieces of code, as
we can test them immediately. But for coding
more than few lines, we should always save our
code so that we may modify and reuse the code
In Python IDLE :
Click File  New
In new window type the commands you want to
save in program
For example:
print(“Hello World!”)

FileSave to save file. Give extension .py to

execute it as python script
 Save
the
progra
m and
( ) press
F5
Type the below code in
script file:
#My First
Program
print(“Hello
World!”)

When you execute the script file output

will be only Hello World
Note: the first line starts from #
To print or display output Python 3.x provides
print() function. Examples:-
print(“Welcome to Python”)
it will print Welcome to Python
print("Python rocks!‟)
it will print Python rocks!
Note: Python allows both single quotation
and double quotation to enclose string.
In any case both opening and closing
must be same.
print(,,Look carefully”)
it will give error because both opening
and closing quotes are different.
Not
e: Python 2.x print is a statement,
1)In
not a function
2)Python is case-sensitive i.e. it will
treat small letter and capital letter as
two different entities like m & M will
be treated differently in Python.
3)We can use up arrow (↑) and down
arrow (↓) to select previous command
and press enter to recall and execute.
4)print statement is required only
#This is my first program
#sample of basic
statements
#print(“Watch out”)
print(“Johny Johny Yes
Papa”)
print(“No Papa”)
(a) (b)
This is my first program Watch out
sample of basic statements Johny Johny Yes
Watch out Papa No Papa
Johny Johny Yes
Papa No Papa
(c) (d)
Johny Johny Yes This is my first
Papa No Papa program Johny
Johny Yes Papa No
(a) (b)
“Sayonar
(c) „Sayonara
a”
“Sayonara ‟
‟ (d)
(e) „Sayonar
{Sayonar a”
a}
• Who developed Python Programming Language?
• Is Python Object Oriented Language?
• Python is a high level interpreted language. What does it
means
• What does cross-platform means?
• Python is free and open source. What do you understand by
this feature?
• What is the difference in interactive mode and Script mode in
Python?