How Did Python Become So Popular?

Have you ever wondered how did Python become so popular? All of a sudden, this programming language is used everywhere and the demand for Python developers is on the rise by the day.

According to Stackoverflow’s analysis in 2017, Python was set to beat all the other programming languages by 2020, and guess what, it is the end of 2020 and the predictions seem to be true.

Before we dive into how Python became the most popular programming language, please take the time to check our previous articles following the link here. Most of them are covering different technologies and the last couple of ones are talking about cybersecurity, so we hope you find them interesting.

Believe it or not, Python was first introduced in 1991 and its creator is a Dutch programmer Guido van Rossum. As a programming language, it is an interpreted high-level and general-purpose language that is dynamically typed.

Programmers love it because of its language construct an object-oriented approach, which helps them in writing quite a clear and logical code for any type of project.

It is really interesting that this language, unlike other ones, has an easy readability and usually uses English words instead of punctuation. Although semicolons after statements are optional, curly brackets are non-existent.

So how did this language become so popular and what makes it stand out from the other programming languages?

First and foremost, what every newbie is looking for is simply the lesser complexity of learning. You will hear people say that python is a complex language, they are not far from the truth, but in fact, it is however easy to learn and use.

Like we mentioned before, its syntax is pretty simple and more close to the natural English language. This is why Python is more accessible and easy to use.

It is a fact that this language is a mature one and its community is extensive, ranging from beginners to absolute experts. Lots of students even begin with Python when learning computer science or doing big research projects.

The Python community is so big and responsive that developers rely one hundred percent on support from fellow programmers, which is vital for projects with deadlines.

Besides, it is really important that Python is supported by corporate sponsors like Facebook, Amazon, and Google. This ensures that support tools and documentation is constantly growing for this language.

Moreover, because of the support Python gets from the corporate world and the community itself, it has a wide range
of libraries and frameworks that help the programmers save time in the entire development process.

There are many of those frameworks and libraries such as: matplotib, SciPy, BeatifulSoup, NumPy, as well as Django, which we will cover in the next article.

A different thing why Python is so popular in the IT world is its versatility. This language can be written in almost every environment and you will not have to worry if there would be any performance loss issues. This language can be used in web and mobile development, computer science, desktop applications, hardware programming, and many different environments.

As we are talking about computer science, we think of Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, and Big Data, and this language is acing in this field. In fact, it is the second most used language for data science and analytics after the R language.

Python has very powerful tools and libraries that help in these fields. So, for projects like neural networks, TensorFlow is the way to go, and when working in a computer vision, programmers use OpenCV.

Another cool thing Python can brag about is its flexibility. This programming language will not limit your creative thinking whatsoever. It magic works on so many levels so you are not stuck with just a few similar projects, but rather any sort of application you can think of.

Nowadays, many colleges and schools are adopting the learning of Python language as it can be used in so many different fields, thus its growth and popularity are constantly on the rise.

And last but not least, and a pretty important one, is that Python can be so helpful in the process of automation as it has tons of tools and modules. Merely by using several codes of Python, you can go up to an expert level of automation.

In addition, it is proven to be the best solution for the automation of software testing as well, with just fewer codes.

There is no doubt why Python is so popular and why it is growing so quickly. All the previous reasons mentioned above as a whole are surely proving that this programming language has so many uses. ‘Till the next time.

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