Day 22 - Diving into Python

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Today I spent my time learning something new, Python. I had briefly started Python in the first week but this was a deep dive into the language. The very first task I had was to create a new virtual environment in the anaconda and customize it to match my mentors. Once that was done I could really explore the language. Python is organized similarly to Java, but the notation is definitely simpler. For example, if I want to take an input from a user I don't need to import an new library and can simply call input() function. I spent my time converting old Java programs I did into Python.

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