Python is a high-level, interprited, interactive, and Obeject oriented scripting language.Its readability and ease of use, it was created by Guido van Rossum, and released in 1991.

• web development (server-side),
• software development,
• mathematics
• system scripting.

• 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.

• 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.

• 🔹 The latest stable version is Python 3 (recommended for use).
• 🔹 Python 2 is still used but only receives security updates.
• 🔹 Python code can be written in any text editor or in an IDE like:
  • VSCode
  • Thonny
  • PyCharm
  • NetBeans
  • Eclipse

• ✅ Readability – Python is designed to be clean and easy to read, similar to English.
• ✅ Line Endings – Uses new lines instead of semicolons (;) or parentheses.
• ✅ Indentation – Uses whitespace (indentation) to define scope (loops, functions, classes), unlike other languages that use curly braces {}.

📌 Example:

# Python print function
print("Hello, World!")