I’d be happy to compare Java applets to any of Python’s browser-based capabilities. Apples to applets comparisons For 20 years, Java applets made it possible to run Java code in a browser. Python has ...

Over the past few years, it has exploded in popularity. Thanks to Microsoft’s Python extension for Visual Studio Code, VS Code has also become one of the best tools for working with Python.

Microsoft also boasts that the Python extension it develops for VS Code now loads 10% faster for Windows and macOS systems, and 20% faster for Linux systems.