Python is awesome!

Python should be your first programming language because you will quickly learn how to think like a programmer. Python is very readable, easy to learn. But Python is also very powerful at the same time!

Look at one example here:

say_hello in C++

# say_hello C++
#include stdout

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello, world!\n";
}

And here’s code with the same output in Python 3:

# say_hello Python
print("Hello, world!")

Run both of the above programs, you will get the same result:

Hello, world!

Brilliant, right? Because it looks like everyday English, it’s so much easier to type. What you will later come to appreciate about this is the speed at which you can write a program. And that means less time coding and more time playing.

You won’t waste a lot of time memorizing the arcane syntax that other programming languages will present you. Instead, you will be able to focus on learning programming concepts. Once you have those tools under your belt you can move on to other more powerful, specific languages and readily understand a given piece of code.

Python is for everyone!

Python makes it very easy for you to use. It comes bundled with IDLE, IDLE is both an interactive shell and an integrated development environment (IDE) for Python . What does that mean? It’s easy to write and run Python programs.

Another great thing about Python is the wealth and abundance of documentation. You can easily find what you’re looking for absolutely free at python.org. Just head over to python.org and download it. You’ll be up and coding in no time.

intro credit: https://thehelloworldprogram.com/python/why-python-should-be-the-first-programming-language-you-learn/