Python Essentials For Dummies

Chapter 4

Building Your First Python Application

IN THIS CHAPTER

Opening the Python file

Using Python comments

Understanding data types in Python

Doing work with Python operators

Creating variables

Understanding syntax

Organizing code

So, you want to build an application in Python? Whether you want to code a website, analyze data, or create a script to automate something, this chapter gives you the basics you need to get started on your journey. Most people use programming languages like Python to create application programs. To create apps, you need to know how to write code inside a code editor.

Like any language, you need to understand the individual words so that you can start building sentences and, finally, the blocks of code that will enable your app to work. First, we walk ...