How Python Differs from Other Languages
- Python is easy to learn.
- Python is good for statring out because the syntax of Python is very simple and understandable.
- We can create GUI and CGI in few lines of code.
Who uses Python?
Python is used for developing many popular Web products
- Youtube.
- Google.
- Yahoo! map.
- Shopzilla.
- Ultraseek.
Comparing Python With Other Languages
Python is compared with the mostly liked programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Tcl, Perl, Smalltall and C++ also.
We will find Python is a good language for development
Python vs Java
| Point of Difference | Python | Java |
| Program run time | Python program runs slower than Java | Java program runs faster than python |
| Program development time | Takes less time than Java | Takes more time for developing same program |
| Length of the code | Python code is 3-5 times shorter than Java code | Java code is longer than Python |
| Type | Python is dynamically typed | Java is not dynamically typed |
Python vs JavaScript
| Point of Difference | Python | JavaScript |
| Object based | Python is an object based programming language | JavaScript is also an object based scripting language |
| Type | Python can be used as scripting language as well as programming language | JavaScript is only used for scripting language |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Python vs Perl
| Point of Difference | Python | Perl |
| Basic | Python is very close to Perl | Perl is also very close to Python programming language |
| Programming methodologies | Python supports common programming methodologies such as data structure and object-oriented programming | Perl supports common application-oriented tasks like built-in regular expressions, file scanning and report generating features |
| | | |
| | | |
Python vs Tcl
| Point of Difference | Python | Tcl |
| Typed | Python is a general purpose language programming language | Tcl is application extension language and stand-alone programming language |
| Data type | Python haa rich Datatype set for storing valuess | Tcl stores all type values in string means tcl is week in data structure |
| Program execution time | Python program executes faster | Tcl program executes slower than python program |
| Modularity | Python supports module for writing large programs in small module | Tcl also has lack of module for writing large program |
Python vs Smalltalk
| Point of Difference | Python | Smalltalk |
| Typed | Python is a dynamically typed language | Smalltalk is not dynamic typed programming |
| Standard library | Python's library has more facilities for dealing with the iternet and WWW realities such as email, HTML and FTP
| Smalltalk's standard library of collection data types is more refined
|
| | | |
| | | |
Python vs C++
| Point of Difference | Python | C++ |
| Length of code | Python code is 5-10 time shorter than C++ code | C++ code is 5-10 times longer than Python code |
| OOPS | Python is pure OOPS programming language | C++ is not a pure OOPS programming language |
| | | |
| | | |
Tools available for Python development
- Wing IDE: It reduces the development and debugging time, coding errors
- PyCharm: It is a proprietary and open source IDE for Python development
- PyScripter: It is free and open-source software Python IDE for Windows.
- Python Tools for Visual Studio: It is a free and open-source plug-in for Visual Studio.
- Sublime Text: It is a text editor.
- Webware for Python: It is a suite of programming tools for constructing Web-based Applications in Python.
- Komodo IDE: It is an IDE for Python.
Atom: It is an open source cross-platform IDE, which has more Python features under the package extensions.