Introduction  Python Tutorial   Numerics & Plotting   Standard library
                      Anintroduction to the Python programming
                                                               language
                                                    Prabhu Ramachandran
                                                Department of Aerospace Engineering
                                                                  IIT Bombay
                                                          January 16, 2007
                                               Prabhu Ramachandran           Introduction to Python
    Introduction  Python Tutorial   Numerics & Plotting   Standard library
     Outline
            1     Introduction
                       Introduction to Python
            2     Python Tutorial
                       Preliminaries
                       Data types
                       Control flow, functions
                       Modules, exceptions, classes
                       Miscellaneous
            3     Numerics & Plotting
                       NumPyArrays
                       Plotting: Matplotlib
                       SciPy
            4     Standard library
                       Quick Tour
                                               Prabhu Ramachandran           Introduction to Python
    Introduction  Python Tutorial   Numerics & Plotting   Standard library
                                                                                                                          Introduction to Python
     Outline
            1     Introduction
                       Introduction to Python
            2     Python Tutorial
                       Preliminaries
                       Data types
                       Control flow, functions
                       Modules, exceptions, classes
                       Miscellaneous
            3     Numerics & Plotting
                       NumPyArrays
                       Plotting: Matplotlib
                       SciPy
            4     Standard library
                       Quick Tour
                                               Prabhu Ramachandran           Introduction to Python
    Introduction  Python Tutorial   Numerics & Plotting   Standard library
                                                                                                                          Introduction to Python
     Introduction
                     Creator and BDFL: Guido van Rossum
                     BDFL==BenevolentDictator For Life
                     Conceived in December 1989
                     Thename“Python”: Monty Python’s Flying Circus
                     Current stable version of Python is 2.5.x
                     PSFlicense (like BSD: no strings attached)
                     Highly cross platform
                     RunsontheNokiaseries60!
                                               Prabhu Ramachandran           Introduction to Python