Python

Python is an interpreted, general-purpose high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive. Its use of indentation for block delimiters is unique among popular programming languages.

Because of its code readability and dynamic type system, it really a good programming language to create small tools. Also, there are many modules and frameworks that can help us to complete jobs. One of its disadvantage is  its speed. Python has its own IDE which can be used to edit and interpret the python source code or we can use Pydev in Eclipse to do the same thing.

Built-in function

	Built-in Functions
abs()	divmod()	input()	open()	staticmethod()
all()	enumerate()	int()	ord()	str()
any()	eval()	isinstance()	pow()	sum()
basestring()	execfile()	issubclass()	print()	super()
bin()	file()	iter()	property()	tuple()
bool()	filter()	len()	range()	type()
bytearray()	float()	list()	raw_input()	unichr()
callable()	format()	locals()	reduce()	unicode()
chr()	frozenset()	long()	reload()	vars()
classmethod()	getattr()	map()	repr()	xrange()
cmp()	globals()	max()	reversed()	zip()
compile()	hasattr()	memoryview()	round()	__import__()
complex()	hash()	min()	set()	apply()
delattr()	help()	next()	setattr()	buffer()
dict()	hex()	object()	slice()	coerce()
dir()	id()	oct()	sorted()	intern()

Built-in type



Specific modules in the Python Standard Library



Recommended Library

• Matplotlib

GUI Programming in Python

Official website: http://wiki.python.org/moin/FrontPage