CIT PYTHON COHORT THREE
  • CIT Python Cloud Software Engineering
  • week one
    • What is Python
    • Python Syntax
    • variables
    • Numbers / Integers
  • week Two
    • Control Flow Statements
      • If Statements
      • For Loops
      • While Loops
      • Break and Continue Statements
    • Operators
      • Assignment Operators
      • Arithmetic Operators
      • Comparison Operators
      • Logical Operators
      • Bitwise Operators
      • Identity Operators
      • Membership Operators
    • Data Types
      • Strings
      • Numbers
      • Booleans
      • Lists
      • Dictionaries
      • Tuples
      • Sets
  • Week 3
    • Functions
      • Function Arguments
      • Python Recursion
      • Python Anonymous/Lambda Function
    • Object Oriented Programming
      • Classes
      • Inheritance
      • Polymorphism
      • Abstraction
      • Encapsulation
    • Python Modules
      • Python Packages
      • Python Built-in Modules
      • Python Standard Library
      • Python Third Party Modules
    • Python Exceptions
      • Python Try Except
      • Python Raise
      • Python Assert
      • Python User-defined Exceptions
  • Week 4 - File Handling
  • Week6
    • Data Structures and Algorithms
      • DSA Introduction
      • What is an Algorithm?
      • Data Structures and Types
      • Stack
      • Queue
      • Linked List
      • Bubble Sort Algorithm
      • Selection Sort Algorithm
      • Insertion Sort Algorithm
      • Merge Sort Algorithm
      • Quick Sort Algorithm
  • Week8
    • Cryptography
      • Reverse Cipher
      • Caesar Cipher
      • Hash Functions
        • Applications of Hash Functions
        • Examples of Hash Functions
  • Assignments and Solutions
    • Loops
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  1. week one

What is Python

Python is a popular programming language. It was created in 1991 by Guido van Rossum.

Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language. It has efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective approach to object-oriented programming. Python’s elegant syntax and dynamic typing, together with its interpreted nature, make it an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development in many areas on most platforms.

It is used for:

  • web development (server-side),

  • software development,

  • mathematics,

  • system scripting.

What can Python do?

  • Python can be used on a server to create web applications.

  • Python can be used alongside software to create workflows.

  • Python can connect to database systems. It can also read and modify files.

  • Python can be used to handle big data and perform complex mathematics.

  • Python can be used for rapid prototyping, or for production-ready software development.

Why Python?

  • Python works on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, etc).

  • Python has a simple syntax similar to the English language.

  • 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.

Good to know

  • The most recent major version of Python is Python 3, which we shall be using in this class. However, Python 2, although not being updated with anything other than security updates, is still quite popular.

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