What is Python ?

• Python is a programming language.
• Python is a case-sensitive language.
• It was created by Guido van Rossum, and released in 1991.
• Python is used for web development (server-side), software development and mathematics.
• Python can connect to database systems.
• Python can be used to handle big data and perform complex mathematics.
• Python is a cross-platform language,It means that Python works on different platforms i.e Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Raspberry Pi, etc.
• Python has syntax that allows developers to write programs with fewer lines than some other programming languages.
• Python runs on an interpreter system, meaning that code can be executed as soon as it is written. This means that prototyping can be very quick.
• Python can be treated in a procedural way, an object-orientated way or a functional way.
• Python uses new lines to complete a command, as opposed to other programming languages which often use semicolons or parentheses.
• Python relies on indentation, using whitespace, to define scope; such as the scope of loops, functions and classes. Other programming languages often use curly-brackets for this purpose.