ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to provide the reader with sufficient information to start programming in Python. All the programs/simulations in the chapter are in the Python programming language. The chapter focuses on introducing the Python syntax and the various most commonly used Python packages. It approaches to stick with the basics and explore more advanced features of Python as and when the need arises. Python was developed in 1990 by Guido van Rossum. Like many other scripting languages, it is free, even for commercial purposes, and can be run on practically any modern computer. A Python program is compiled automatically by the interpreter into a platform-independent bytecode that is then interpreted. Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface included in Anaconda that allows us to launch applications and easily manage conda packages (packages distributed with Anaconda), environments, and channels without the need to use command line commands.
