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How to download and install latest python version for Windows

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1) Click on the following link to download latest version of python for windows 8+ :        Download Python 2) Now Click on the ' Downloads ' button in that select your operating system that is ' Windows ' . Fig. 1 3) Select ' Latest python 3 release ' and then  ' Windows  x86 executable installer ' for installation as shown in following Fig. 2. Fig. 2 4) Now go to Downloads in your pc and open downloaded python version. Fig. 3 5) After opening, as shown in below Fig.4 installation page will open.       Now select all the checkboxes and click on ' Customize installation '. Fig. 4 6) After that click on ' Next ' button. Fig. 5 7) Now clicking on ' Browse ' button you can select path where you want to install python.      Click on ' Install ' button for final installation. Fig. 6 Now your latest python version is installed for you!

Why Python?

  Why Python? 1) Web Applications - We can use python to develop web application. With the use of Django and Flask framework one can create an web application which will run on any Operating System. 2) Machine Learning - Building a model for Machine learning is quick because of easy to learn and comfortable behavior. 3) Artificial Intelligence - Python have pre-built libraries that helps python to be a best programming language for Artificial Intelligence. 4) Data Analysis -   Python have libraries like Numpy and pandas which makes easy to process huge amount of data. Sometimes we need to scrap the data from the web. To do this task python have libraries like beautifulsoup and scrapy which help to extract the data from internet. Visualisation of data is also possible with the help of Matplotlib. 5 ) Image Processing -   What if the data is in the form of Images? No worries because Python have open source library openCV, which is for image processing.

Basics of Python

Basics of Python you must know * What is Python? - Python is a high-level programming language. It was designed by Guido van Rossum in the late 1980s and first released in 1991. - It is one of the most popular programming language because it is an interpreted, general-purpose language having object-oriented approach . * Versions of Python Python 1.0 - January 1994 Python 2.0 - 16 October 2000 Python 2.7 - 03 July 2010 Python 3.0 - 03 December 2008 Python 3.6 - 23 December 2016 Python 3.9 - 05 October 2020     ( note  - These are some of the versions of python there are many including these ones. ) * What is PEP 8 - PEP8 is Python Enhancement Proposal. - It is set of rules that states how to format python code for its maximum readability. * Features of Python 1) Free : Python is freely available on its website-  https://www.python.org 2) Easy Syntax: Syntax of python is very easy to learn as compared to other programming languages. 3) Platform Independent: Python ...