Core Python Language Tutorials
This page features all of our “pure Python” tutorials that focus on the core language features.
What is Python?
Python, named after the British comedy group Monty Python, is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Its flexibility allows it to do many things, both big and small. Python can be used to write simple programs, but it also possesses the full power required to create complex, large-scale enterprise solutions. Some of the ways in which Python is used includes:
- Desktop graphical application development, including games;
- Mathematical and scientific analysis of data; and
- Web and internet development.
Python’s presence in the world of computer programming can be found everywhere. For example, Python is used in some of the largest internet sites on earth - like Reddit, Dropbox, and Youtube, to name a few. The popular Python web framework Django powers both Instagram and Pinterest. LucasFilms’s award winning visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, uses Python to make help make their magic come to life.
It’s easy to forget just how powerful Python is because it’s so easy to learn.
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Get a Python Cheat Sheet (PDF) and learn the basics of Python 3, like working with data types, dictionaries, lists, and Python functions:
Python args and kwargs: Demystified
Jan 07, 2020 intermediate python
Python Descriptors: An Introduction
Nov 27, 2019 intermediate python
Thinking Recursively in Python
Nov 12, 2019 intermediate python
Cool New Features in Python 3.8
Nov 05, 2019 intermediate python
Arduino With Python: How to Get Started
Oct 21, 2019 intermediate python
Cool New Features in Python 3.8
Oct 14, 2019 intermediate python
How to Use Generators and yield in Python
Sep 25, 2019 intermediate python
Python Debugging With pdb
Sep 17, 2019 intermediate python tools
Python args and kwargs: Demystified
Sep 04, 2019 intermediate python
How to Write Pythonic Loops
Jul 16, 2019 basics best-practices python
Reading and Writing Files in Python
Jul 09, 2019 intermediate python
