Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Where Python Programming Came From and Where It's Going

By Jeff Sanders


It is beyond debate that Python is the fastest-growing, most widely adapted coding language of recent years. Look all the way back to the beginning, programmers have been fascinated by its capabilities. It is believed amongst most experts, that the full features and capability of Python has yet to be seen by the development community. Hence, it is not a shock that Python is now listed in the top10 of programming languages world wide. It's leaked in at #9, but will be climbing to the top quickly due to it's class methods and easy syntax.

The Beginning of Python

The credit for first developing Python goes to Guido Van Rossum. He spent many years creating the language, beginning his first working test environments in December '89. It was over two years later, in February '91 that he released his first verion of the robust language. The official release date was February 20th of that year.

Classification of Python

Python consists of a general purpose coding set up and belongs to the category of high-level programming languages. The language has been designed in such a way that you should be able to figure out what a program does by reading the code, a feature called readability. The terms "clear", "concise", "expressive", words you usually don't hear associated with programming languages, are the top 3 describers of Python. The full library of pre-stored functions that accompany Python make repeatable tasks fast and simple. There are many Python training courses now available to learn the syntax, class methods, variables and more.

Fastest Growing Open Source Language

Black Duck Software has compiled a set of stats about programming languages known as Ohloh programming statistics. Based on these Ohloh statistics, it is proven that Python is quickly becoming the most-used platform by developers.




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