1.1 What is Python

Welcome to the world of Python!

Python is a high-level programming language that has applications in the fields of Web programming, scripting, scientific computing, and artificial intelligence.

It is very popular and is widely used by prominent organizations such as Google, NASA, the CIA and Disney.

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Python runs the code in real time through the interpreter, You do not need to compile the code before executing the program.

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The three major versions of Python are 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x, and these versions are subdivided into minor versions, such as 2.7 and 3.3.
python2.x and Python 3.x are now available, and code written in Python 3.x is guaranteed to work correctly in all future versions.
This course is intended for Python 3.x, but it is not difficult to convert from one version to another.
Python has several implementations that are written in different languages. The version CPython used in this course is by far the most popular version.

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An interpreter is a program that runs scripts written in interpreted languages such as Python.

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1.1 What is Python