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What is Python?
A programming language
o High-level
o Interpreted
o Open Source
o General purpose
o Object-oriented
o Easy to interface with C/C++/Java/Fortran
o Great interactive environment
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Why Python?

There is no best programming language

o Its up to your needs

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History
First Implementation on 1989
by Guido van Rossum
Python 2.0 released at 2000
Python 3.0 released at 2008

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Progress
First in CWI in Science Park
Amsterdam.
2005 2012 in Google
Present at Dropbox

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Code Features
emphasize code readability:
o Beautiful is better than ugly.
o Explicit is better than implicit.

o Simple is better than complex.

o Complex is better than complicated.
o Readability counts.

print(Hello World !")

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Implementations

CPython

PyPy

Jython

IronPython

Cython

PyS60

Pyjamas

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CPython
Main reference implementation
With large libraries written in C & Python
Support by almost every OS
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Windows
Linux
Mac OS X
Apple iOS
Android

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PyPy
Alternate general implementation
Faster
Better memory usage
Compatible with popular libraries

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Jython
Written in Java

Can use Java class and modules

Include most of the python standard library

Brings Java to Python

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IronPython
written entirely in C#

Employ .NET framework

First Developed by Microsoft

Brings .NET classes into Python

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Cython

Can use C/C++ modules & function inside python

written in Python

Is superset of python

Brings C/C++ into Python

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PyS60
Developed by Nokia
Python shell inside S60 device
Brings Python into Nokia S60

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Pyjamas (Pyjs)
Web & desktop application framework

Generate JavaScript from Python

Base on Google web toolkit

Brings JavaScript in Python

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Shed Skin
Compiler for Python
Generate C++ code
Brings Python in C++

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Organizational Use
Google
Yahoo
NASA
CERN

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 YouTube
Gmail (+java)

Google Groups
Google Maps
Parts of Search Engine

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 Yahoo Groups
Yahoo Maps

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 Speed up Coding Process

Make Designing Workflow Easier

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 Used in Complex Mathematic & Physics Calculation

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Applications
Scientific
Games

Network

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Scientific
Bioinformatics
o AstraZeneca (Drug Discovery)

GIS and Mapping

o The Blind Audio Tactile
mapping System

Simulation
o Carmanah Lights the Way

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Games
Civilization IV
o Major parts of the interface, map
generation, and scripted events are
written entirely in Python, and can
be customized.

Battlefield
o Uses Python for all of its addons and a lot
of its functionality

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Network
Bit Torrent
D-Link Australia
o Control Firmware Updates

Mozilla Website (with Django)

Socket Programming

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PyEverything
Libraries
Web framework

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Libraries
Huge Standard Library

Lots of third-party libraries

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Web-Frameworks

Django
Pylons
Pyramid
TurboGears
Web2py
Tornado
Flask
Zope

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Our Project
download.iut.ac.ir

IUT File Sharing System

- Completely written in Python
- Powered by Django

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