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[{"text": "In this video, I'm going to answer the top 3 questions my students ask me about Python. What is Python? What  can you do with it? And why is it so popular? In other words, what does it do that other programming languages don't? Python is the ", "start": 0.0, "end": 16.0}, {"text": "world's fastest growing and most popular programming language, not just  amongst software engineers, but also amongst mathematicians,  data analysts, scientists, accountants, networking engineers, and even kids! Because it's a very beginner friendly programming ", "start": 16.0, "end": 32.0}, {"text": "language. So people from different disciplines use Python for a variety of different tasks, such as data analysis and visualization,  artificial intelligence and machine learning, automation  in fact this is one of the big uses of Python amongst people who are not software", "start": 32.0, "end": 48.0}, {"text": "developers. If you constantly have to do boring, repetitive  tasks, such as copying files and folders around, renaming them,  uploading them to a server, you can easily write a Python script to automate all that and save your time. And that's just one example, if you", "start": 48.0, "end": 64.0}, {"text": "continuously have to work with excel spreadsheets, PDF's, CS View files, download websites and parse them, you can automate all that stuff with Python. So you don't have to be a software developer to use Python. You could be an accountant, a mathematician, or a scientist, and use Python ", "start": 64.0, "end": 80.0}, {"text": "to make your life easier. You can also use Python to build  web, mobile and desktop applications as well as software  testing or even hacking. So Python is a multi purpose language.  Now if you have some programming experience you may say, \"But Mosh", "start": 80.0, "end": 96.0}, {"text": "we can do all this stuff with other programming languages, so what's the big deal  about Python?\" Here are a few reasons. With Python you can  solve complex problems in less time with fewer lines of code.  Here's an example. Let's say we want to extract the first three ", "start": 96.0, "end": 112.0}, {"text": "letters of the text Hello World. This is the code we have to write  in C# this is how we do it in JavaScript and here's how we  do it in Python. See how short and clean the language is? And that's just the beginning. Python makes a lot of trivial things", "start": 112.0, "end": 128.0}, {"text": "really easy with a simple yet powerful syntax. Here are a few other reasons Python is so popular. It's a high level language so you don't have to worry about complex tasks such as memory management,  like you do in C++. It's cross platform which means ", "start": 128.0, "end": 144.0}, {"text": "you can build and run Python applications on Windows, Mac,  and Linux. It has a huge community so whenever you get  stuck, there is someone out there to help. It has a large ecosystem  of libraries, frameworks and tools which means whatever you wanna do", "start": 144.0, "end": 160.0}, {"text": "it is likely that someone else has done it before because Python has been around  for over 20 years. So in a nutshell, Python is a multi-purpose language with a simple, clean, and beginner-friendly  syntax. All of that means Python is awesome.", "start": 160.0, "end": 176.0}, {"text": "Technically everything you do with Python you can do with other programming languages,  but Python's simplicity and elegance has made it grow way  more than other programming languages. That's why it's the number onne language employers are looking for. So whether you're a programmer or ", "start": 176.0, "end": 192.0}, {"text": "an absolute beginner, learning Python opens up lots of job opportunities  to you. In fact, the average Python developer earns a whopping 116,000 dollars a year. If you found this video helpful, please support my hard work by liking and sharing it with others. ", "start": 192.0, "end": 208.0}, {"text": "Also, be sure to subscribe to my channel, because I have a couple of awesome Python tutorials for you, you're going to see them on the screen now.  Here's my Python tutorial for beginners, it's a great starting point if you  have limited or no programming experience. On the other hand, if you ", "start": 208.0, "end": 224.0}, {"text": "do have some programming experience and want to quickly get up to speed with Python,  I have another tutorial just for you. I'm not going to waste your time  telling you what a variable or a function is. I will talk to you like a programmer. There's never been a better time to master Python programming,", "start": 224.0, "end": 240.0}, {"text": "so click on the tutorial that is right for you and get started. Thank you for watching!", "start": 240.0, "end": 246.63}]