I have a quick question about Python

[Anicho]

What can I make with Python? Example, Forum Softwares, etc.
Do hackers use Python?
Is it a simple language?
What are the benefits using Python

Last question, you know how if you want to know how to code PHP? You may aswell learn HTML, and JavaScript aswell, with Python, do you need to know any HTML, etc to code good stuff out of it?

I'm a young aspiring coder, that comes from a DOMScripting background. I want to learn a good programming langage so I considered Python. But I want to ask these questions before I learn.

If Python isn't good for me, what is? Ruby, Perl or PHP, etc?

[Anicho]

Opps, I'm confused is Python web-development or not?

[WingedPanther]

Python can be used for web development, but isn't limited to that. What are you trying to accomplish?

[chili5]

You can develop desktop applications with Python (so you do not need to know HTML).

You can develop programs that use databases and GUI programs. Networking programs and almost anything you can think of. You could also make command line programs with Python.

The benefits of Python is it has a huge library that really simplifies tasks that you might need to perform. This page The Python Standard Library — Python v3.1.1 documentation shows all the libraries that are in Python including BigInt and you can get GUI libraries such as Tkinter and Pygame (for games).

In short, you can do a lot in Python quickly.

Python tutorial: The Python Tutorial — Python v3.1.1 documentation

[manux]

You can do almost everything in Python, even emulate OSes(but its gonna be reaaaly low )

Python is very versatile, it is used in web dev, application dev, game script, or just as a nice scripting language for admins.

I love Python cause its easy to learn and quite vast in its possibilities.