Python: The Tool for Almost Everything

Python Introduction

Python is a popular programming language.
It was developed in the late 1980s by Guido van Rossum, and released in 1991.
Python is still maintained by a core development team, and Guido is still in charge.

Here’s a list of some top-tier companies that you know that use Python.

Google: Python is an official language at Google; alongside Java and C++
YouTube: Previously it was written in PHP but eventually it was replaced by Python. Now, the site uses Python heavily for various purposes.
Reddit: Reddit was originally coded in Lisp, but in December of 2005, six months after its launch, the site was recoded into Python.
Instagram: Instagram moved to Python 3 is just great example of a gigantic tech company using python in combination with Django
Amazon: Amazon uses Python because of its popular, scalable & appropriate for dealing with Big Data.
Quora: Quora is a portal where you get your answers. Quora’s language programming has been developed using Python’s framework.

Here are some of the features that make Python an appealing choice.

Python is Popular: Accordin to Stack Overflow Developer Survey, Python is the 7th most popular and the number one most wanted technology.
Python is Simple: Python has a simple syntax similar to the English language.
Python is Free: The Python is developed under an open-source license, making it free to install, use, and distribute, even for commercial purposes.
Python is Platform Independent: Python works on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux etc).
Python is Portable: Code written for one platform will work on any other platform.
Python is Interpreted: Meaning that code can be executed as soon as it is written. This means, quicker development cycles.

In-short: Python 2 is legacy, Python 3 is the present and future of the language.

Note that after January 1, 2020 Python 2 will no longer be maintained.

So, It’s recommended that you focus on Python 3.