Do you want to learn programming but too intimidated by the complexity? At some point of time, a lot of people are interested in learning programming. However, computer programming sounds scary at times. In fact, computer programming isn't scary at all. All it takes is a correct selection of programming language to begin your journey as a computer programmer. Programming languages are made to make the human life better than before. These languages help in making programs which increase the overall productivity, communication, and efficiency of the work. Out of so many programming languages to choose from, python is one of the most loved programming languages among computer geeks. This is because python is one of those rare languages which is both simple, and powerful. Python has indeed, everything that you may require to make a new program. If you will see someone writing a program in python, you will be really surprised to see how easy it is in python to find the solution for a problem. In simple words, python is an open source, a high-level programming language developed by Guido van Rossum in 1980s. This language is presently administered by Python Software Foundation. Python has proven its worth in all these years for both business and industrial use. Unlike other languages, it didn't go obsolete and in fact, with time, the use of Python has increased. Python is broadly used in making web applications, GUIs (Graphic user interface), games, etc. and writing and reading the codes in python is as simple as reading regular English sentences. The program written in python is required to be processed before running as they are not written in machine readable language. Once you will learn the basics of python (as you are a beginner), you will find it really easy to move on towards the advanced features that python offers to programmers. Below are some salient features of Python which make it one of the most lovable languages among the computer programmers. This crash course includes: Installing Python on various platforms First Steps - Using Interpretors, Editors and Source Files Python Basic Commands Operations in Python Control Flow Statements - IF THEN Statement File Storage in Python 3 Sample Programs to Practise