A History of Python Versions and Features (Overview)

This course gives you a direct, practical overview of how Python has evolved—what changed in each major version, why it matters, and how to use the features that define modern Python. You’ll see both the historical context and hands-on code, so you understand not just what changed, but why and how to use it today.

In this course, you’ll learn:

• Key new features introduced in every major Python version, starting from early Python 1 up through Python 3.14
• The story behind pivotal changes, like list comprehensions, exception handling, the with statement, defaultdict, and the transition from Python 2 to Python 3
• Hands-on use of modern Python tools: f-strings, dataclasses, the walrus operator (:=), match/case structural pattern matching, and new types like enum and pathlib
• How to leverage improvements in each Python release for cleaner, faster, and more maintainable code
• What’s coming in the latest Python releases, including t-strings and REPL improvements

What’s New in Python Docs

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4

More at Real Python

• Understanding Python List Comprehensions [Tutorial]
• Raising and Handling Python Exceptions [Tutorial]
• Looping With Python enumerate()
• Single and Double Underscore Naming Conventions in Python [Tutorial]
• Python Decorators 101 [Tutorial]
• Using Sets in Python [Tutorial]