The Spoken Tutorial project is the initiative of the ‘Talk to a Teacher’ activity of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), launched by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India.

Python

Python is a general-purpose, high-level, remarkably powerful dynamic programming language that is used in a wide variety of application domains.

Python supports multiple programming paradigms, including object-oriented, imperative and functional programming styles.

They at FOSSEE promote Python for scientific computing through various activities like Python Textbook Companion, creation of spoken tutorials & courses like SDES.

Features -

Easy to read and learn
Free and Open Source
Useful for scientific computing
Powerful interactive interpreter
Extensive scientific libraries
Well documented

Applications -

Numeric and Symbolic computation
2D/3D Plotting
Useful for scientific computing
User interfaces
Parallel computing
Machine learning & Image Processing
Game development
Web Development
And Much More

Contact

Python Team,
CFD - Lab, Aero. Annex Building, Below HSS Dept., Opp. Metallurgical Dept.
IIT Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai - 400076

Email: info[at]fossee[dot]in