what is python introduction to python python is an open source and cross-platform programming languagethat has become increasingly popular over the last ten years it was first released in latest version is cpython is the reference implementation of the python programming language written in ccpython is the default and most widely-used implementation of the language python is multi-purpose programming languages (due to its many extensions)examples are scientific computing and calculationssimulationsweb development (usinge the django web framework)etc python home page [ ]the programming language is maintained and available from (python software foundation)features in one packagewhich includes the python programming language interpreterand basic code editoror an integrated development environmentcalled idle see figure but this is just the python corei the interpreter very basic editorand the minimum needed to create basic python programs typically you will need more features for solving your tasks then you can install and use separate python packages created by third parties these packages need to be downloaded and installed separately (typically you use something called pip)or you choose to usee distribution package like anaconda python is an object-oriented programming language (oop)but you can use python in basic application without the need to know about or use the objectoriented features in python python is an interpreted programming languagethis means that as developer