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GeezerVison is showing github.com — fullstackpython.github.com/why-use-python.html at gh-pages · CherifSy/fullstackpython.github.com Expand file tree/ Copy pathwhy-use-python.htmlMore file actions 276 lines (267 loc) · 22.5 KB / Copy pathwhy-use-python.htmlFile metadata and controls276 lines (267 loc) · 22.5 KB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="author" content="Matt Makai"> <meta name="description" content="Learn why you should use Python, the powerful but accessible programming language."> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="theme/img/fsp-fav.png"> <title>Why Use Python? - Full Stack Python</title> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.3.0/respond.min.js"></script> <![endif]--> <style> .toc-indent {padding-left: 25px;} .toc-more-indent {padding-left: 37px;} </style> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-19910497-7', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </head> <body> <a href="https://github.com/makaimc/fullstackpython.github.com"><img style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; border: 0;" src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a6677b08c955af8400f44c6298f40e7d19cc5b2d/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f6769746875622f726962626f6e732f666f726b6d655f72696768745f677261795f3664366436642e706e67" alt="Fork me on GitHub" data-canonical-src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/github/ribbons/forkme_right_gray_6d6d6d.png"></a> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="logo-header-section"> <a href="/" style="text-decoration: none; border: none;"><img src="theme/img/fsp-logo.png" height="52" width="52" class="logo-image" style="padding-top: 1px;" alt="Full Stack Python logo"></a> <span class="logo-title"><a href="/">Full Stack Python</a></span> </div> </div> </div><div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h1>Why Use Python?</h1> <p>Python's expansive library of open source data analysis tools, <a href="/web-frameworks.html">web frameworks</a>, and testing instruments make its ecosystem one of the largest out of any programming community. </p> <p>Python is an accessible language for new programmers because of the extensive availability of <a href="/best-python-resources.html">free and low cost introductory resources</a>. The language is also widely taught in universities and used for working with beginner-friendly devices such as the <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/">Raspberry Pi</a>.</p> <div class="well"> If you're learning about why to use Python you should also take a look at <a href="/best-python-resources.html">the best Python resources</a> and read <a href="/what-full-stack-means.html">what "full stack" means</a>. </div> <h2>Python's programming language popularity</h2> <p>Several programming language popularity rankings exist. While it's possible to criticize that these guides are not exact, every ranking shows Python as a top programming language within the top ten, if not the top five of all languages. </p> <p>Most recently, the <a href="http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2015/01/14/language-rankings-1-15/">RedMonk January 2015 ranking</a> had Python at #4.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html">TIOBE Index</a>, a long-running language ranking, has Python steady at #8. </p> <p>The <a href="http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html">PopularitY of Programming Language</a> (PYPL), based on leading indicators from Google Trends search keyword analysis, shows Python at #3.</p> <p><a href="http://githut.info/">GitHut</a>, a visualization of GitHub language popularity, pegs Python at #3 overall as well.</p> <p>These rankings provide a rough measure for language popularity. They are not intended as a precise measurement tool to determine exactly how many developers are using a language. However, the aggregate view shows that Python remains a stable programming language with a growing ecosystem.</p> <h2>Why does the choice of programming language matter?</h2> <p>Programming languages have unique ecosystems, cultures and philosophies built around them. You will find friction with a community and difficulty in learning if your approach to programming varies from the philosophy of the programming language you've selected.</p> <p>Python's culture values <a href="https://github.com/trending?l=python&since=monthly">open source software</a>, community involvement with <a href="http://www.pycon.org/">local, national and international events</a> and teaching to new programmers. If those values are also important to you and/or your organization then Python may be a good fit. </p> <p>The philosophy for Python is so strongly held that it's even embedded in the language as shown when the interpreter executes "import this" and displays <a href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/">The Zen of Python</a>.</p> <div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="o">>>></span> <span class="n">import</span> <span class="n">this</span> <span class="n">The</span> <span class="n">Zen</span> <span class="n">of</span> <span class="n">Python</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">by</span> <span class="n">Tim</span> <span class="n">Peters</span> <span class="n">Beautiful</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="n">ugly</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Explicit</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="n">implicit</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Simple</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="n">complex</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Complex</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="n">complicated</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Flat</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="n">nested</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Sparse</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="n">dense</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Readability</span> <span class="n">counts</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Special</span> <span class="n">cases</span> <span class="n">aren</span><span class="err">'</span><span class="n">t</span> <span class="n">special</span> <span class="n">enough</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="k">break</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">rules</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Although</span> <span class="n">practicality</span> <span class="n">beats</span> <span class="n">purity</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Errors</span> <span class="n">should</span> <span class="n">never</span> <span class="n">pass</span> <span class="n">silently</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Unless</span> <span class="n">explicitly</span> <span class="n">silenced</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">In</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">face</span> <span class="n">of</span> <span class="n">ambiguity</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">refuse</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">temptation</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">guess</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">There</span> <span class="n">should</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">one</span><span class="o">--</span> <span class="n">and</span> <span class="n">preferably</span> <span class="n">only</span> <span class="n">one</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">obvious</span> <span class="n">way</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="n">it</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Although</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">way</span> <span class="n">may</span> <span class="n">not</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">obvious</span> <span class="n">at</span> <span class="n">first</span> <span class="n">unless</span> <span class="n">you</span><span class="err">'</span><span class="n">re</span> <span class="n">Dutch</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Now</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="n">never</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Although</span> <span class="n">never</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">often</span> <span class="n">better</span> <span class="n">than</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">right</span><span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">now</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">If</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">implementation</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">hard</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">explain</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">it</span><span class="err">'</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">bad</span> <span class="n">idea</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">If</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">implementation</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">easy</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">explain</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">it</span> <span class="n">may</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">good</span> <span class="n">idea</span><span class="p">.</span> <span class="n">Namespaces</span> <span class="n">are</span> <span class="n">one</span> <span class="n">honking</span> <span class="n">great</span> <span class="n">idea</span> <span class="o">--</span> <span class="n">let</span><span class="err">'</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="n">more</span> <span class="n">of</span> <span class="n">those</span><span class="o">!</span> </pre></div> <h3>More perspectives on why to use Python</h3> <ul> <li> <p>The Python documentation has a HOWTO section specifically for <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/howto/advocacy.html">Python advocacy</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://nothingbutsnark.svbtle.com/how-to-argue-for-pythons-use">How to argue for Python’s use</a> explains that choosing a programming language can be complicated but that Python is a very good option for many use cases.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://lorenabarba.com/blog/why-i-push-for-python/">Why I Push for Python</a> explains one professor's rationale for promoting Python to teach programming to undergraduates.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Resources for Python enterprise advocacy</h3> <ul> <li> <p>CIO Magazine discusses why <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/2431212/developer/dynamic-languages--not-just-for-scripting-any-more.html">dynamic languages are increasingly being adopted in enterprise environments</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>PayPal covers <a href="https://www.paypal-engineering.com/2014/12/10/10-myths-of-enterprise-python/">10 myths about enterprise Python</a> via their engineering blog.</p> </li> <li> <p>My DjangoCon 2014 talk focused on overcoming false biases against <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMtiCX38w20">Python and Django in enterprise environments</a>.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>What else would you like to know about Python?</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="well select-next"> <a 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