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ReferencesWhat is Python?Why Python?What can we do with Python?What is the downside?Who use Python?Alternative ImplementationsInstallation and ConfigurationModule, File, and ScriptHow to run programsDebugging Python CodeUseful Links

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RefereesLearning Python, Fourth Edition, Mark Lutz, 2009, O’Reilly Media, Inc.Beginning Python® Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1, James Payne, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Python.org

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What is Python?Python

Is a General Purpose ,High Level Programming Language.Supports multiple programming paradigms. Features a dynamic type system.Support Automatic memory management.Contains Large and comprehensive standard library.

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Why Python?Software quality.

Readability, maintainability.

Developer productivity.Less to type, less to debug, and less to maintain.No compile, No Linking step.

Program portability.Cross platform.

Support libraries.

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Why Python?Component integration.

C, C++, .NET, XML.

Enjoyment.Built-in tool-set.

English keywords.Small core, large standard library, and an easily extensible interpreter.

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Why Python?High level dynamic data type.Automatic memory management.Free and Open Source.GUI support.

Python is commonly defined as an object-oriented scripting language.

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What can we do with Python?GUI.Systems Programming.Database Programming.Internet Scripting.Numeric & Scientific Programming.Natural Language Analysis.Rapid Prototyping.Gaming, Images, Serial Ports, XML, Robots, and more.

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What is the downside?Execution Speed

Execution speed may not always be as fast ascompiled languages such as C and C++.

Source Code Byte Code Interpreter

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Who use Python?1 million users.Google, YouTube, BitTorrent.Intel, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Seagate, Qualcomm, and IBM.Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar.NASA, Los Alamos, Fermilab and JPL.

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Alternative Implementations

Three Primary ImplementationCpython

Original, Reference and standard.Jython

JavaIronPython

.NET framework

All implement the same Python language but execute programs in different ways

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Installation and ConfigurationPre-installed on various OS:

Linux: Python 2.Mac OS X: Python 2.Windows: noting!

Download from official website.

'Python -V'Shows version of installed python

Learning Python, Mark Lutz, APPENDIX A

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Module, File, and ScriptModules:

Text files containing python statements.Ready to execute any number of time and in a variety of ways.Module files are often referred to as programs.Module files that are run directly are also sometimes called scripts.File(s) imported from another file.Packages of additional tools.

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How to run programsI. The Interactive PromptII.Running Files with Command LinesIII.The IDE User Interface

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How to run programsThe Interactive Prompt

Simplest wayExperimentingTestingLinux

Just type PythonWindows

Start IDLE’s main windowSelect “Python (command line)”

/usr/local/bin/python/usr/bin/python

C:\Python30\python

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How to run programs

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How to run programsRunning Files with Command Lines

Execute python command in terminal by passing the script name.

Run Python Scripts: “python script.py”

Some basic information about command:python -h

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How to run programsThe IDE User Interface

Integrated Development Environment, Binds together various development tasks into a single view.IDLE

Python program that uses the standard library’s tkinter GUI toolkit to build the IDLE GUI.

Eclipse and PyDev.Komodo.NetBeans IDE for Python.PythonWin.Anjuta.

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How to run programsThe IDE User Interface

Features:For Authoring, Modifying, Deploying, and Debugging.Interactive debuggerIntegrated compiler/interpreterCode completionProject managementVersion control

Wikipedia | More info about IDE

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Debugging Python CodeStrategies for debugging Python:

Do Nothing!Python interpret shows very useful error message facing mistakes by default.

PrintFast execution.

IDE DebuggerTrace code in more detail.

pdbAvailable as a module in Python's standard library.

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Useful Linkspyvideoshowmedo.combestechvideos.comtutorialspoint.com