Just like with your cooking utensils, that come handy in preparing your desired meals, Programming languages are tools used in developing or creating useful products and visualizing our ideas, this is one way to see these programming languages.
Some persons(especially beginners) choose programming languages for reasons like;
- It is in invoke
- Many people are using it
- Alot of people are talking about it and so on.
If these are the reasons you chose python as a programming language, I would advice you have a rethink.
Before choosing a language,take these few steps;
- Get a book and pen, write out why you chose to write codes.
- What do you want to achieve from programming and what are your areas of interest?
- Do some research on various programming languages.
- Now, choose a programming language that you would like to use in achieving these aims.
If you still chose PYTHON, congratulations and welcome on board
Brief overview of python
Python is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language, used for diverse purposes . It is a dynamically typed language written in simple English terms and is therefore great for beginners.
You would also want to keep in mind that, Python is an interpreted language,meaning that it does not just translate your codes into an object code, but it does a line by line translation of your code such that once an error is found, it automatically halts the program execution, this does not mean all your codes from the point where it was halted downwards are wrong, but it might just be an error at the point it halted execution. This would help you in understanding how your program is being executed by Python and save you the PANIC.
You need to get an Integrated Development Environment and get it installed
To get started, here are some things to familiarize with, I have also added some links to these concepts;
I would recommend you also familiarize with Data Structures and Algorithms
For starters, get the book, 'Automating the boring the stuff with python' , it is a great start for beginners.
Good luck on your coding journey, I hope to see your amazing products soon.
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