What You Don’t Know About Python Programming Language

Hey everyone, in this weekend’s episode I will talk about the most popular and commonly used programming language, Python.

So, let’s learn about Python’s development and gain insights into the current IT trends. Before that, make sure to read to the end, there is something I learned last night for the first time in about a year plus that I have started learning and programming with Python that I want you to know too which I know you may not have known too.

Python is famous for its simple programming syntax, code readability, and, English-like commands that make coding a lot easier and more efficient. Due to this, it is the most popular and preferred language.

Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language developed by Guido van Rossum at the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, Netherlands. In contrast to popular belief that Python was named after the snake, Python was actually named after the show “Monty Python’s flying circus”.

Guido van Rossum formulated Python in the late 1980’s as a successor to the ABC language. In 1994, Python version 1.0 was released with features like exception handling, Lambda, Map Filter and Reduce. Python 2.0, released in 2000, introduced features like list comprehensions and garbage collection system capable of collecting reference cycles. Python 3.0 was released on the 3rd of Dec. 2008.

Undoubtedly, Python 2.x and 3.x have proven to be the most used versions. As of today, Python 3.7.4 is the latest stable version released in the summer of 2019. Python is popularly used for development, scripting, and software testing. Top IT companies like Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Amazon, Spotify, and Netflix, among others, use Python.

Some major applications of Python can be seen in the fields of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and IoT (Internet of Things). Python also offers many libraries like NumPy, SciPy, Keras, Tensor Flow, Django, and Flask. Pep-8 is the official style guide that defines the styling conventions for Python code.

A few popular open-source Python projects include PipENV, Statistics, solving the traveling salesman problem using self-organizing maps, and Python of BPF converter. Some of the trending Python repositories on GitHub today include, NLP, ML-from-scratch, PyTorch-transformers, and 100-days of ML code, among others.

Popular websites on the internet, like Reddit and Quora, are built using Python. Civilization IV, Battlefield 2, Sims 4, and World of Tanks are some popular games developed using Python.

According to Indeed, the average salary of a Python developer in India is about Rs. 5,00,000 per annum, and that in the US is around $124,000.

Users and admirers of Python, especially those considered knowledgeable, are referred to as Pythonistas, Pythonistas, and Pythoneers. This is where the gist I want you to know about.

Since its inception, Python has come a long way to become the most popular coding language and continues to revolutionize the IT industry.