Python Programming – From Basics to Advanced

🐍 What is Python?

Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language known for its simplicity, readability, and versatility. It was created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. Python is widely used in web development, data science, machine learning, automation, scripting, and software development.

🧠 Key Features of Python:

• Open-source and free to use

• Easy to learn with simple syntax

• Cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)

• Supports object-oriented, functional, and procedural programming

• Huge community and vast libraries support

🧰 Types of Python (Use-Cases / Implementations)

1. CPython

• The default and most widely-used implementation of Python.

• Written in C language

• What you download from python.org is CPython.

2. Jython (Java + Python)

• Python implemented in Java

• Can be integrated with Java code

• Used in Java-based enterprise apps

3. IronPython

• Python implementation for .NET Framework

• Integrates Python with C# and .NET apps

4. PyPy

• A fast and optimized version of Python

• Uses JIT (Just-In-Time) compilation to boost performance

5. MicroPython / CircuitPython

• Lightweight versions of Python for embedded systems and IoT devices

• Used to program microcontrollers like Arduino and Raspberry Pi Pico

6. Stackless Python

• Focused on concurrency and massive parallelism

• Allows microthreads without using the operating system’s stack