The all-time favorite, the easy-to-learn programming language for every developer and programmer is Python. A survey conducted with Ph.D. research students at MIT found that the majority of students prefer Python over other programming languages. Python is a high-level programming language that is suitable for fast learning and real-world programming. Python is preferred not because it is easy but its broad features like the flexibility to extend itself, memory management, etc.
History
Pythonwas first introduced by a Dutch programmer named Guido van Rossum in the 1980s after it released many updated versions till the current version 3.10.5 each of its versions solved major cons such as proper OOPS support etc.
Advantages
When someone is starting to learn python programming they also need to understand its advantages to get the most out of it while programming. Python is as simple as English and is elementary to read, write and understand when compared to its other competent languages like c, c++, Java, etc.
Python is available for free and it’s an open-source language, because of this unique feature a vast community is built over a period of time, and a very fast, helpful, and accurate infrastructure is built-in for developers who are seeking help, which makes life very easy for programmers
Application
Pythonis now widely used and remains the first choice in:
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.
- Data Science and Analytics
- Enterprise-level / Business Applications
- Desktop Applications based on GUI
- Computer Vision Technologies
- Internet of thing Applications
- Development of websites, applications and softwares.
Python libraries
Over the period, python has developed a huge set of libraries where all the necessary functions are available and all these libraries are contributions made by users because of their open-source nature. Some of the libraries in python are NumPy which is used for mathematical operations, Pandas used for performing operations on data structures, Matplotlib used for plotting and visualizations, etc.