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01                      INTRODUCTION TO



                                                                                                     PYTHON















                         Your Aim

                         to learn about:
                                  Features of Python                      Installing Python
                                   Programming in Python                    Input and Output in Python
                                     Variables in Python



                 Python is a popular  high-level programming  language.  It is  a powerful  language  used for
                 general-purpose  programming.  Python was developed by Guido  van Rossum. He started
                 applying Python in 1989. Python is extensively used to develop:

                    Games                                                    Websites
                    Graphical User Interface programs                        Web applications


                     FEATURES OF PYTHON

                 Following are the features of Python:

                     Easy to code: It is very easy to write programs in Python as compared to other high-level

                     programming languages. This is because the language used to write Python codes is similar
                     to the English language.
                     Open-source  language: Python is a free and open-source programming language. An

                     open-source language is one which can be easily improved and distributed by anyone. You can
                     download Python free of cost and use it on any operating system such as Windows, Mac or Linux.

                     Object-oriented: Python has an object-oriented approach. This means that the programs
                     are designed using objects and classes that interact with each other.
                     Integrated and extensible language: We can easily integrate Python with other languages

                     such as C, C++. We can also write and compile a Python code in C or C++.
                     Interpreted language: The code you create in Python is executed line by line which makes

                     it easy to correct any errors. On execution, a Python code is immediately converted into an
                     intermediate form. This is known as byte code. The byte code makes it easier to execute or
                     run the code in future.

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