python

Summary

Python is a dynamic programming language which emphasizes code readability. It is widely used in a variety of areas, most notably scientific computing and system administration, though it has recently gained much wider usage in web development.

Similarity with Javascript

• Functional programming features
• Dynamic typing

Features

• “Batteries-included” - numerous useful standard libraries included by default
• Object-Oriented
• Excellent support for string and lists operations
• Many web frameworks
• Many system utility tools and years of traction as server-side scripting language (if you need to do more advanced server-side tasks in the future)
• Strong community

Resources

• Official Python Documentation
• Python.org’s Beginner Guide

Support

Python also has a fairly vibrant community:

• IRC Channel
• Mailing Lists

Tutorials

• Official Python Tutorial
• Google’s Python Class
• HOWTO Use Python in the Web

Frameworks

Some of the more widely used Python web frameworks are:

• Django - full stack framework, colloquially referred to as Python’s counterpart to Ruby’s Rails web framework.
• Pylons/Pyramid
• Flask
• more

WSGI is the standard API for Python to talk to web servers and most (but not all) web frameworks support it. Understanding a high level overview of the WSGI interface may aid you in understanding the control flow of your web requests when using Python as the backend.