Python Data Analytics: With Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib

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2. Introduction to the Python World

Fabio Nelli¹ 

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Rome, Italy

 

The Python language, and the world around it, is made by interpreters, tools, editors, libraries, notebooks, etc. This Python world has expanded greatly in recent years, enriching and taking forms that developers who approach it for the first time can sometimes find complicated and somewhat misleading. Thus if you are approaching Python for the first time, you might feel lost among so many choices, especially on where to start.

This chapter gives you an overview of the entire Python world. First you will read a description of the Python language and its unique characteristics. You’ll see where ...