Beginner's Guide to Python
There are a total of 41 species of Python in this world.
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Updated November 2026. This was first published on 21 September 2020. The idea is the same. Any number below is what the original piece said then. It is not a new count.
Key takeaways
- There are a total of 41 species of Python in this world.
- if there is one Python the entire world is eyeing upon, is the one which opens up on your terminal every time you type “python”.
- This series marks the beginning of us delving deeper into the world of Python in bits and bytes.
There are a total of 41 species of Python in this world. if there is one Python the entire world is eyeing upon, is the one which opens up on your terminal every time you type “python”. This series marks the beginning of us delving deeper into the world of Python in bits and bytes. The beauty of Python is that it marks it space in different fields of Computers, be it web development, software development, scripting or mathematics.
Before delving deeper into what you can do with Python, let us begin with where can you use it. Python comes pre-installed in terminals of Unix/Linux/Mac but one has to install it in Windows. Although, one can do easier versions of Python programming in terminal, for more sophisticated ones you need and IDE(Integrated Development Environment). IDEs provide the users with features like build automation, code linting, and debugging which significantly increase the productivity. Let us look into the different IDEs available for Python.
IDLE #
Integrated Development and Learning Environment, IDE for Python is one of the most recognized IDEs for Python beginners.
Python shell window bringing interactive shell auto-completion syntax highlighter smart indentation basic integrated debugger.
Although IDLE is great for beginning the Python journey, it is not really optimum for larger projects.
Sublime Text 3 #
Sublime Text is a shareware cross platform source code interface with Python application programming interface. One can install various packages in the IDE, such as debugging, auto-completion, linting etc. There are different packages for scientific development, available with Sublime Text 3 as well! Following are the features of Sublime Text.
Go to anything - allows users to navigate between open and recent file and also navigate symbols within Snippets - this allows to save frequent code blocks and assign keywords Macros Column selection - allows users to do multi editing at the same time. Offers commands like move by character, move by line, text selection etc.
Atom #
Atom is an open source IDE developed by Github that can be used for Python development. It enables users to download third party packages as per their requirements!
Cross Platform Editor Smart Auto-completion Multiple Panes Built-in package manager File System Browser.
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Start with “IDLE”. Check it against what you can see. The draft did not add a later number for this part.
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Start with “Atom”. Check it against what you can see. The draft did not add a later number for this part.
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