What is Python?

Lesson 4/20 | Study Time: 5 Min

What exactly is Python?

Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. It gained prominence owing to its simplicity and ease of use. Its syntax is very similar to english language.

It is an open source free for use tool and has a vast community that contributed over 70K+ libraries. These rich set of libraries makes coding easy for developers and data scientists. Often libraries replace long codes with fewer lines of code.

  • Never memorize code!


Why Python for Data Science?

  • Free and open source
  • Great community
  • Plenty of libraries for Data Science & Machine Learning
  • Easy and intuitive to use


Note:

  • Data Science is not about programming languages/tools such as Python, R, Excel, Jupyter Notebook, Google Colab, etc
  • Data Science is about using the above tools and techniques, and, if required, inventing new tools and techniques, to solve a problem using “data” in a “scientific” way in a specific domain!

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