Python a Multi-purpose Programming Language

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Introduction: Python is one of the general purpose high level interpreted programming language that has gained a momentum over the couple of years. It has sought the attention of corporate, academia and the free lancers. It is a Weakly-typed languages, it means the Python make conversions between unrelated types implicitly for example when we write var =23, this is automatically assigned into type at runtime. It is also a dynamically-typed language which means that Python do type checking (i.e., the process of verifying and enforcing the constraints of types on values at runtime and thus we don't need to use data types to declare variable. Figure-1 shows the different languages that fall under strongly-typed, statically –typed, weakly-typed and dynamically-typed languages.

Description: The Language Cloud. Image Source : Mayank Bhatnagar

Simplicity: Python is much simpler and easier to learn and also it provides lots of high-level data structures which can be manipulated with inbuilt functionality. Because of this feature and its powerful and versatile scripting language, Python attracts Application Developers.

Programming Style: It supports multiple programming pattern, which includes object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles. Because of it, Python is not meant for working in a particular area, such as web programming. It is thus called as multipurpose programming language, so we can use it for different applications be it web, enterprise, or 3D CAD, etc.

Compilation or Interpreted Language: Python is interpreted language, so no compilation step. It makes the development and debugging fast because and edit-test-debug cycle is very fast.

Python History: As is well known Python was invented by Guido van Rossum in 1991 at CWI in Netherland. The basic idea of Python programming language has been imported from the ABC programming language. We can say that ABC is a predecessor of Python language. The story behind choosing the name “Python” is that the inventor Guido van Rossum was a fan of the popular BBC comedy show of that time, "Monty Python's Flying Circus". So Guido decided to pick the name Python for his newly created programming language. Developers can find the vast community across the world and releases its version as and when released.

Usage of Python: Python being general-purpose, popular programming language and it finds its usage in almost every field. Some of the important areas where Python is used are given below.

  • AI, Data Science, Date Mining and Machine Learning
  • Desktop and Console-based Applications
  • Mobile and Web Applications
  • Software Development
  • Enterprise Applications
  • 3D CAD Applications
  • Computer Vision or Image Processing Applications.
  • Speech Recognitions

Python Frameworks and Libraries: Python has wide range of inbuilt libraries and frameworks. These are widely used in fields such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, web applications, etc. Some of the popular  frameworks and libraries are given below.

  • Web development (Server-side) - Django Flask, Pyramid, CherryPy
  • GUIs based applications - Tk, PyGTK, PyQt, PyJs, etc.
  • Machine Learning - TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Scipy, etc.
  • Mathematics - Numpy, Pandas, etc.

Summary: These days aspirants can learn the Python through various online and offline academies and institutions. This course has been included as part of study in various programmes of universities and college. One of the renowned institution JIMS Engineering Management Technical campus Greater Noida affiliated to GGSIP University offers Python as a compulsory course in B.Tech AI & ML, B.Tech AI &DS  and B.Tech CSE. For more details aspirants can visit www.jimsgn.org

Dr. Ravinder Nath Rajotiya

Registrar

JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus, Greater Noida

 

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