Overview

Python is a high-level interpreted general purpose language.

• dynamically-typed
• garbage-collected
• procedural code
• object-oriented code
• functional programming

Python uses indentation for code blocks.

Installation

• Download the installer package from https://www.python.org.
• Add the Python bin directory to the Path environment variable.
• Run python --version in the console to check that it is installed correctly.

PIP

Python PIP is a package manager for Python to be able to use packages created by the community. It is similar to NPM packages in JavaScript.