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Application design and development
What is Python?
Python is a popular programming language. It was created by Guido van Rossum and released in 1991.
It is used for:
- Web development (server);
- Software development;
- Mathematics;
- System script.
What can you do with Python?
- Can be used on a server to create web applications;
- Can be used with other software to create workflows;
- You can connect to database systems. You can also read and modify files;
- Can be used to link to large data sets and perform complex mathematics;
- It can be used for rapid prototyping or for software development for production chain production.
Why Python?
- Works on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, etc);
- It has a simple syntax similar to the English language;
- It has a syntax that allows programmers to develop programs with fewer lines than other programming languages;
- It is an interpreted and weakly typed language (we don't need to declare the type of a variable, for example), which means that code can be executed as soon as it is written. This means that prototyping can be very fast;
- It can be treated procedurally, object-oriented or functional.
Good to know
- The latest version of Python is Python 3;
- Python can be written in a text editor or in an integrated development environment, such as Thonny, Pycharm, Netbeans, or Eclipse, which are particularly useful in managing larger collections of
- Python files.
Python syntax compared to other programming languages
- It is designed to facilitate reading and has some similarities with the English language, with the influence of mathematics;
- Uses new lines to complete a command, as opposed to other programming languages that typically use semicolons or parentheses;
- Python relies on indentation, using white space, to define scope; such as the scope of loops, functions, and classes. Other programming languages often use keys for this purpose.
