Python my first love

Python! Python! Python! Python is a high-level general purpose programming language which can be used for almost everything we see today ranging from Web Development, Game Development, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud computing e.t.c

I started programming with Python and since then I have been in love with the language because of the following:

• Easy to learn

If you want to learn how to code or teach coding, start with Python because it is a programming language that was built with readability and simplicity in mind.

This is the simplest program in Python:

print('Hello world')

• Human-like

Another feature of this language is that it is human-like because when coding in Python it seems as if you are literally writing English.

If you are not a programmer, I still believe you will understand the code below:

for day in days:
  if day not in ['Sat', 'Sun']:
    got_to_work()
  else:
   stay_at_work()

I believe you understand the code above because of the human-like nature of Python.

• Battery included

What do I mean by “Battery included”? Over the period of 2years I have been programming with Python, I do install a small number of libraries when developing with Python because the language comes with built-in libraries called the standard libraries. Do you want to work with date, time, files, large data, internalization, GUI, API, multimedia, e.t.c the language has built-in libraries to get you started. Before you install anything while developing, always check the Python Standard Library because it is very extensive.

• Knowledge is transferable

They are two major versions of this language, which is Python 2 & Python 3.

If you learn one of them, you can quickly pick up the other version and start development in no time. Let’s quickly print something with both versions.

Python 2 
print "hello world"
Python 3
print("hello world")

You see, super easy!

• Great Community

Imagine having a wine that is 30years old :), I will not answer that here. All I will say here is that the community has been around this long. So you are not in this alone you have got support. The Python community is now the driver of the language after the founder, Guido van Rossum stepped down as the leader and driver of the language.

Finally, I want to let you know that I am currently a Technical Coordinator leading a team using Python to build an asset management tool for the organization I work with. Over this period, I have mentored a couple of developers using Python and I have also increased my mastery of the language.