Main Reasons to Join the Python Community

In today’s world, there are hundreds of programming languages. Some are long proven — such as C and C++. Some are more recent — such as Ruby, C#, Lua, and Java.

Choosing a language to learn is not easy. Although no language can be considered ideal for every possible situation, I think Python is well suited for many programming tasks. It also can be a good choice when beginning to learn programming. Hundreds of thousands of programmers around the world use Python, and the number is growing from year to year!

Why Python Attracts New Users

Python continues to attract new users for a variety of reasons. It is a full-fledged, cross-platform language that works equally well on Windows, Linux/UNIX, Macintosh, and many others. It can be used to develop small applications and prototypes but also scales well for developing large programs.

Python is well suited for rapid application development. Programming an application in Python often takes one-fifth the time of its implementation in C or Java, and the application takes one-fifth of the lines of the equivalent C program. Of course, this depends on the particular application for numerical algorithms performing mostly integer operations in for loops, the performance gain will be much less noticeable.

But for an average application, the gain can be quite significant. The benefits of a more expressive language are clear. The fewer lines of code you have to write, the faster you will complete a project. The fewer lines of code a program contains, the fewer problems there will be with support and debugging. In many other languages, Python requires blocks of code to be indented. This requirement may seem strange to some, but it guarantees one’s code will always be formatted in a simple and readable style.

Batteries Included Philosophy

Another advantage of Python is its “batteries included” philosophy of libraries. The idea is installing Python gives one everything needed for real work and doesn’t require the installation of additional libraries. That’s why the Python standard library comes with modules for working with e-mail, web pages, databases, operating system functions, building a graphical interface, etc.

For example, in Python, a web server for sharing files in a directory is just two lines of code. No need to install libraries to handle network connections and HTTP support, all functionality is already available in Python. Results Python is a modern high-level language with dynamic typing, simple logical syntax, and semantics. Python is fast enough and can be easily extended with C modules or C++ for speed.

Python has built-in non-trivial features such as object long-term storage, powerful hash tables, extensible class syntax, and versatile comparison functions.

Immense Support

The dynamic Python community supports the language. On my own behalf, I’ll add that a huge number of sites, portals, and programs have been created in the world, a lot of business problems have been solved, and an incredible number of ideas have been implemented. All of them were written a long time ago, expanded, and more programmers were hired to solve the same problem more productively. I see only one language that can withstand in strength all the languages in which software products were created, and this is Python! It is definitely the only language that can recreate all created solutions and create these solutions faster and much safer!

People in the Python community spend time on projects and business tasks — not looking for the mistakes of other people! We have countless libraries written in C, especially if the question concerns neural networks and machine learning. Without Python, the question is extremely difficult to solve!

These are just some of the reasons I like Python. For more information about how Swan Software Solutions can help your company with a project, schedule a free assessment today.