Python Scripting Language And Its Uses
What is Python?
It is described as a scripting language, for the reason that thousands of working programmers daily use it in this fashion. That is, they use it as a tool to quickly and easily bind together components and software application written in many different languages. But such a categorization is far too narrow, and Python can justly be described as a general-purpose language, one which you can use for almost any programming task you would like to perform.
There is no one thing in Python that is not found in other languages, but it is the elegant design and combination of these features into a single package that makes Python such a pleasure to use.Python was created by Guido van Rossum while he was working at the CWI.
Guido started designing Python around 1990. For those familiar with the earlier language the heritage of ABC in Python is clear. Guido discarded some of the annoying features of ABC, and kept all the best ideas, recasting them in the form of a more general-purpose language. By then the mechanisms of object-oriented programming were well understood, and the language included all the latest features. He added a number of features not found in ABC, such as a system for modularization and including libraries of useful utilities. Python was released to the world in 1991, and very quickly attracted a loyal following. Python’s design turned out to be general enough to address a much wider range of applications than ABC.
Interactive execution
Unlike many computer languages, Python allows the user to work in an interactive fashion, much like a calculator. You type an expression, and immediately the expression is executed and the result printed, if you start the Python system.
Uses of Python
Python, being very simple language with large number of libraries find its application in many fields.Python can be used in:
- Ethical hacking
- Data Mining
- Machine learning
- Bioinformatics
- Network Programming
- Web Development
- GUI Programming
- Robotics
- Social Media Mining
- Data Analysis.
Use of Python in ethical hacking
Python can be used in Ethical hacking and cyber security. Encryption, Decryption and Cyphers is a very important part of cyber security. Doing Encryption and Decryption of any small Text file manually can take many days. Computer can do it quickly and efficiently by using programs. This is where role of python comes in cyber security. With its large number of library, it becomes very easier to write a code that can encrypt the text file or decrypt cypher. A simple program with open(), write(), read() and close() lets us encrypt text files that are gigabytes in size. The main problem in cyber security is decrypting a cypher. Cypher can take huge amount of time and resources. With implementation of python hacking and cracking cypher becomes very easy.
Use of Python in data mining
One way to show how powerful Python is, its use in Data Mining is the best example. We are collecting data at an astonishing rate. Basically, data mining is used to train the computer about how to make decision about data which forms a backbone of any high-tech functioning system. Most data mining applications work with the same high-level view, although the details often change quite considerably. Researchers prefer to use python in data mining due to its flexibility, its huge number of modules to perform different tasks. Python coding is simple and it is more understandable than any other programming language. It is modern and concise which attracts a lot of people to work in this particular language than other language.
