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12th Media Services Python Tutorial by Guido Van Rossum Python Development Team
The Python Tutorial introduces the reader informally to the basic concepts and features of the Python language and system. It helps to have a Python interpreter handy for handson experience but all examples are selfcontained so the tutorial can be read offline as well.Python is an easy to learn powerful programming language. It has efficient highlevel data structures and a simple but effective approach to objectoriented programming. Pythons elegant syntax and dynamic typing together with its interpreted nature make it an ideal language for scripting and rapid application development in many areas on most platforms.The Python interpreter and the extensive standard library are freely available in source or binary form for all major platforms from the Python Web site https: //www.python.org/ and may be freely distributed. The same site also contains distributions of and pointers to many free third party Python modules programs and tools and additional documentation.The Python interpreter is easily extended with new functions and data types implemented in C or C++ (or other languages callable from C). Python is also suitable as an extension language for customizable applications.For a description of standard objects and modules see libraryindex. referenceindex gives a more formal definition of the language. To write extensions in C or C++ read extendingindex and capiindex. There are also several books covering Python in depth.This tutorial does not attempt to be comprehensive and cover every single feature or even every commonly used feature. Instead it introduces many of Pythons most noteworthy features and will give you a good idea of the languages flavor and style. After reading it you will be able to read and write Python modules and programs and you will be ready to learn more about the various Python library modules described in libraryindex.show more