Hi, I have used Python in my software developer experience for system automation and IOT projects. Primarily python is a scripting language (like ruby and javascript) in that it runs through a compiler(ish) at runtime. It is a highly dynamic language and does not require strict typing for basic types of variables. There are library options for GUI's or web frameworks and the latest version of the language is in the Python 3 series. Python's main benefit is its flexibility in creating object variables and its lack of heavy language constructs such as many C based languages have with their brace requirements. Another couple of benefits is Python can be very lightweight for IOT projects with many supported libraries for accessing hardware interfaces such as on the Raspberry Pi. I would be happy to talk with you to answer more specific questions and even work out a some time to go through a tutorial if you like.