Getting Started with Python

1. GETTING STARTED WITH
PYTHON

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
2
Limitations of
Python
1
Advantages of
Python

3. ADVANTAGES OF
PYTHON

4. Advantages of Python are as follows:
1
Platform-
independent
2
Readability
3
Object- oriented
Language
5
Less Learning Time
6
GUI Programming
7
Ample Availability
of Libraries
Higher
Productivity
4
8
Syntax
Highlighting

5. ❏ Platform-independent: Python is a platform-independent and
can run across different platforms like Windows, Linux,
Mac OS and other operating systems. Thus, we can say that
python is a portable language.

6. ❏ Readability: Python programs use clear, simple, concise and
English-like instructions that are easy to read and understand
even by non-programmers or people with no substantial
programming background.

7. ❏ Object-oriented Language: It is an interactive, interpreted
and Object-oriented Programming Language.

8. ❏ Higher Productivity: Since Python is a simple language
with small codes and extensive libraries, it offers higher
productivity to programmers as compared to languages
like C++ and Java. So, you write less and get more done.

9. ❏ Less Learning Time: Because of a simple and shorter
code, less time is required to understand and learn
Python programming.

10. ❏ GUI Programming: Python supports GUI(Graphical User
Interface) applications that can be created and ported
to many system calls, libraries and window systems
such as Windows MFC(Microsoft Foundation Class
Library), Macintosh and the X Window system of UNIX
or UNICS(UNIplexed Information Computing System).

11. ❏ Ample Availability of Libraries: It provides large
standard libraries with numerous built-in modules
to solve a task.

12. ❏ Syntax Highlighting: It allows to distinguish between
input, output and error messages by different
color codes.

13. LIMITATIONS OF
PYTHON

14. 01
Speed
02
Mobile Development
03
Database Access
04
Memory Consumption
05
Runtime Errors

15. ❖ Speed: Python is slower than than C or C++. But, ofcourse,
Python is a high level language unlike C or C++, it is not
closer to hardware.

16. ❖ Mobile Development: Python is not a very good language for
mobile development. It is seen as a weak language for mobile
computing . This is the reason very few mobile applications are
built in it.

17. ❖ Memory Consumption: Python is not a good choice for
memory - intensive tasks. Due to the flexibility of data
types Python memory consumption is also high .

18. ❖ Database Access : Python has its limitations with database access.
As compared to popular technologies like JDBC (Java Database
Connectivity) and ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), Python
database access layer is found to be a bit underdeveloped and
primitive . However, it cannot be applied in the enterprises that
need smooth interaction of complex legacy data.

19. ❖ Runtime Errors: Python programmers have cited several
issues with the design of the language . Since the language is
dynamically typed , it requires more testing and has error that
only show up at runtime .

20. Quiz Time!
Q. Mention any advantage of python.
Q. Mention any limitation of python.

21. THANKS!