Python

Easy to learn

MIT Open Course Ware

Free and Open Source

Power to share

Scientific Computing

NumPy, SciPy, Pandas..

Powerful interpreter

IPython, bPython, & python

Well documented

				      
def is_admin(user):
    '''Allow if user is admin.

    Usage:
    ----
    @is_admin
    def draw_circle(radius=4):
        ...
    ----
    user: A valid username
    Raises an exception if user is not admin
    '''
    if user != 'admin':
        raise Exception("Access denied!")

				      
				    

Guido van Rossum, Dropbox

Monty Python's Flying Circus, 1969-1974

Implementation started in December 1989

Python 1.0 - January 1994

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Python 3.5.1 - December 2015

Functional programming tool

lambda, map, filter, reduce..

Application development

Web development

Game development

Cryptography

Hardware

"Python is fast enough for our site and allows us to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers" said Cuong Do, Software Architect

Google

"Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning,.." Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google

"I have the students learn Python in our undergraduate and graduate Semantic Web courses." said Prof. James A. Hendler. University of Maryland

Python modules for ExpEYES Junior developed by Dr. Ajith Kumar, IUAC,
New Delhi

NASA, IBM, Yahoo, Walt Disney..

Introduction to Python Programming Language

- Get familiar with Python interpreter
- Python virtual environment
- Python package utils
- How to get help?

Data structures

- Basic data types

Control statements

- if..else
- while
- with
- for

Functions

- Define a function
- Function parameters
- lambda function
- Python's builtin functions

Modules

- Python module
- Correctly using a module
- Built a module/Package

OOps, Decorator, Iterator & Generators

File i/o

Testing, Socket Programming, & Threading/Multiprocessing

- Examples