On the topic of talent, Hasemi added: “Python web developers may not be as plentiful as PHP or Java, but notably tend to be a lot less hyperspecialized, especially compared to PHP.

A year ago Java was the most popular programming language among developers, but it's now jostling for second place with Python. Software firm Tiobe's December 2020 programming language rankings ...

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Python programming language has overtaken Java, ... its huge amount of libraries, ... while Java fell 2.11 percent to 10.46 percent.