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Why I decided to learn Python

Posted on | June 24, 2009 | 4 Comments

I am a BSc IT student of Mumbai university. We don’t actually have to learn Python Programming language. Also you know that in India the fad is to learn Java, .NET, VB, etc. So why did I chose to learn Python?

Firstly, I was impressed when I came to know that Google’s algorithms are based on Python. NASA also uses it for various purposes.

But what really turned me on was the fact that Python is very easy to learn. I probed further and got to know more about it. Here are the reasons why you must learn Python even though there is not much scope in India as of now.

  1. In Python there is no Types and Size like in C/C++. This makes programming whole lot easier.
  2. Python programs are easier to undertstand. Making it useful in building large software in a team.
  3. Most of the unnecessary coding is not required in Python making the programs shorter and development phase faster than any other old languages.
  4. Python is portable. It will run on almost every OS without any issues. You can use Tkinter or WxPython to create GUI and it will work on all platforms. Compare this with VB which will work only in Windows.
  5. Python script can call C/C++ libraries, use Java classes, integrate with .NET, etc.

After learning python, I am going to learn WxPython an Jython. You can learn Python from the official documentation you will get when you download Python from Python’s website. However, I found It difficult to understand.  I found this site Byte For Python was better for beginners. I have also purchased O’ Reilly’s Programming Python and Python in a Nutshell.  These books are bit advanced.

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4 Responses to “Why I decided to learn Python”

  1. Michael
    June 26th, 2009 @ 1:27 am

    Hey, have you seen this news article?
    New details about Michael Jackson’s Death Emerge
    I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…

  2. reine
    June 27th, 2009 @ 3:54 pm

    nothing more interesting than the death of a “pop” star???!.

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