Welcome to this module! We’re glad to have you with us on this journey through the realm of Python.

Since we’ll be starting from scratch, there’s no need to worry if you have no prior experience with Python or coding in general.

So, without further ado, let’s get started by learning what Python is. 

Python is a widely-used, interpreted, object-oriented, and high-level programming language with dynamic semantics, used for general-purpose programming.

And while you may know the python as a large snake, the name of the Python programming language comes from an old BBC television comedy sketch series called Monty Python's Flying Circus.

At the height of its success, the Monty Python team were performing their sketches to live audiences across the world, including at the Hollywood Bowl.

Since Monty Python is considered one of the two fundamental nutrients to a programmer (the other being pizza), Python's creator named the language in honor of the TV show. 

Python is a high-level, general-purpose, and very popular programming language. Python programming language (latest Python 3) is being used in web development, Machine Learning applications, along with all cutting-edge technology in Software Industry.

Python language is being used by almost all tech-giant companies like – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, Uber… etc.

The biggest strength of Python is huge collection of standard library which can be used for the following:

Machine Learning

GUI Applications (like Kivy, Tkinter, PyQt etc. )

Web frameworks like Django (used by YouTube, Instagram, Dropbox)

Image processing (like OpenCV, Pillow)

Web scraping (like Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, Selenium)

Test frameworks

Multimedia

Scientific computing

Text processing and many more.. 

Welcome to this module! We’re glad to have you with us on this journey through the realm of Python.

Since we’ll be starting from scratch, there’s no need to worry if you have no prior experience with Python or coding in general.

So, without further ado, let’s get started by learning what Python is.