Learning_Python_Chapter_1_Part_2

Chapter 1

Part 2 of 3

Hey there, till date I don’t know how many people have read Chapter_1_Part_1, Leave it!

Getting more hits is not my purpose. So, when I went for buying this book 'Learning Python by Mark Lutz', "How to learn 1600 paged book?" was my second question. The first question remained as -‘Why there is a Rat on Python’s book ???’

After going through few sites and blogs I got to know that there is a very creative hidden message behind it,

Consider you as a Rat in a jungle where only Python and Rat are alive. To survive this scenario, Rat has to learn the Python very deeply. It’s habits, It’s routine. Similarly to survive in today’s world we - Rats - have to learn this Python. If we know Python we can find ways to not become the food of Python.

“When people create a painting or a sculpture, they do so largely for themselves; the prospect of someone else changing their work later doesn’t enter into it.” (P.S: not mine)

While learning any new programming language, we talk about how much time we have spent on keyboard but, ...

“Programming is not about being clever and obscure- it’s about how clearly your program communicate its purpose”

Let’s starts technical,

Another question

Why do people use python?

Found few reasons,

     1.  Software quality  

      Readable, reusable and maintainable

     2.  Developer productivity

      Code size is one-third or one fifth of one fifth(case dependent) size of equivalent  C,C++ or Java code.

     3.  Program portability

         Copying code from one platform (e.g.Windows) to           another(e.g.Linux) becomes easy

      4.  Supports libraries

    Free and more powerful libraries available by third- fourth-  fifth- party

5. Component integration

    We can import programs of C, C++, Java, .NET, we have interfaces like SOAP, XML-RPC and COBRA.

       6.  Enjoyment

      This is why I’m writing this blog… ;)

Simple and readable syntax helps to develop a highly coherent programming model. This makes the language easier to learn, understand and remember. There is not need to constantly refer manual while reading or writing Python code.

I think writing more than one page(of MS Word) tends to initiate boredom and I don’t want my readers to hate me!

We will discuss things related to Scripting Language, Upsides-Downsides of Python and use of python in real life, etc. in next part

                                                                                -Sh0ckwave88