Python on Raspberry Pi: Glossary

Python is an interpreted scripting language used widely in science.

Python has a large library of useful resources for scientific computing.

There are (probably multiple versions of Python already installed.

Virtual environments allow you to set up a custom environment for each project.

Create a text file

Use a shebang to reference the executable

Loops can be unconditional or conditional

Python is strongly, dynamically typed

Combining strings and variables can help structure output.

There’s more than one way to do it.

Libraries are collections of useful code.

You can make your own libaries too.