Popular glue coding language sticks to everything
The Python programming language is now used more for data science than web development, according to a new survey.
The poll, conducted by the Python Foundation and JetBrains (which makes the PyCharm IDE among other things) involved over twenty thousand Python developers from more than 150 different countries. It asked programmers with an affinity for the language what they use Python for the most.
„At first glance, the results suggest that web development is a strong leader (27 per cent), beating data analysis (17 per cent) by a large margin,“ the survey states.
„But if we take a closer look, we see there has been growth with machine learning (11 per cent). If we bundle data analysis and machine learning together into a single ‚Data science‘ category, this amounts to a stunning 28 per cent.“
„Stunning“ may be overstating the situation, given how prominent Python has been in AI-oriented frameworks over the past five years. But the ascendancy of Python for data science is noteworthy given the healthy interest among developers in other science-focused languages like Julia and R.
In its January 2019 index of programming language popularity, TIOBE declared Python the language of the year for 2018 because it gained the most ranking points.
