Why Python Is An Essential Language?
Do you generate repetitive reports? or do you perform any kind of repetitive tasks like web scraping, downloading different data, parsing log files, etc?
Why Python?
Python is powerful, yet simple for side projects and professional work. It is a utilitarian language for everyday life. The language is used for system operations, web development, server and administrative tools, deployment, scientific modeling, and much more.
Python is used across many industries apart from software like Animation, Film, Apparel business, Government, and many more.
So what makes Python so widely used language?
Incredibly easy to learn and use
A wider community
Large library base
Huge base of Open source frameworks and Tools
Reliable and Efficient
The below ranking from RedMonk, shows that the popularity of Python is increasing with more and more professionals choosing Python over other languages. Over the years, Javascript popularity surged but with that Python also became one of the most sought-after language.
Image from RedMonk
Do you know?
- Python is often found in 3D applications such as Maya, Modo or Blender, and tends to be for scripting tasks that are complex or repetitive tasks.
2. There is a Poem Written about Python Programming, which can be read by just typing “import this” in Python CLI.
3. It is called ‘Python’ because of a Comedy Series, ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’.
4. According to a survey, in the UK in 2015, Python overtook French to be the most popular language taught in primary schools.
5. Functions can return multiple values
Some of the useful ways, in which Python can be used.
- Setup your dev/test environment
- Parse log files
- Read data from database
- Organise your files
- Monitor state of the application
- System automation
- Easily automate some of the repetitive work
- Play around with a vast library of AI/ML to build some cool application
So next time you have any repetitive , or complex tasks, don’t shy away from quickly hopping on to some of the online tutorials of Python and learning the easiest language and with few lines of basic code, you may be able to automate some of the above tasks quickly.
Originally Published in Medium
