Coding languages like Python might seem impossible to learn, but I've decided to get behind the scenes and figure out how things we use every day are programmed to work.
By Sohini
Photo by Florian Olivo on Unsplash
You might have heard about a quite famous language called Python. But actually what is Python? According to Educative, it is "an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics. Its high-level built-in data structures makes it quite attractive for application development, as well as for use as scripting language to connect existing applications." In other words, it is one of the giants of coding languages used in today's digital world.
Did you know that just by learning Python it can lead to enhancing problem solving skills, logical thinking and attention to detail? It can also develop creativity skills as users will need to imagine outcomes and come up with fixes. A recent study by Statista highlighted that Python is the third most popular coding language globally, after JavaScript and HTML/CSS. So it is well worth knowing and can be found behind the scenes at many of the computer programs we use in our lives. Here are some fun facts about python. Did you know that it was started as a hobby project so that some world famous programmers could pass the Christmas holidays in 1981? What about the name "Python"? Well, that came from a TV show as the creator of the language, Guido van Rossum, loved a UK comedy show called Monty Python's Flying Circus back in the 1970s. When I was 8 or 9, I was always intrigued by the fact that programmers of games and apps typed some random numbers into a random terminal and then things happened, like some kind of magic. I always wondered how they did it. So when my Grade 6 advisors asked me to choose something off curriculum that I wanted to learn for our class project on learning how we learn, I decided to give Python a go. Even great programmers like Guido van Rossum didn’t just wake up one day and crack Python. He had to work on it for decades to make it efficient and elegant before releasing it. As Tim Peters said in his The Zen of Python poem, “Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex.” If you are also interested in learning how to code in Python, you could go to the website w3schools as it provides free tutorials on how to code in this language. It also sometimes gives quizzes to tes your knowledge of Python as you go along. How lucky we are to have this awesome language to express ourselves in. And with coding, there is something for everyone. If Python is not your thing, you can learn a different language as there are plenty to choose from. You should try out Python. It’s time to crack the code.
1 Comment
Terry
29/3/2024 13:12:27
I learned so much about Python from your blogpost, Sohini! I wonder how you think AI will impact learning coding?
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