Not since 2001, the year the TIOBE Index started, has a programming language held such a large percentage of community interest as Python does in 2025. Python is not the language with the highest ...

As part of our mini-series on programming languages, Dolly Setton makes the case for Python being the best language for data journalism and our team shares their tips for getting started with it.

The main reason to use Python is that you get a lot more options than what's included in most spreadsheets. Spreadsheets are ...

Learning to use write basic scripts with a language like Python or Bash can save you a lot of time on everything from organizing your files, editing text documents, and everything in between.

Python has quickly become the programming language of choice for AI development due to its usability, mature ecosystem, and ability to meet the data-driven needs of AI and machine learning (ML ...

Runners-up this year were C, the second most popular language, which grew in popularity by 3.82%, and Python, the top language, which grew by 2.78%. Having fallen from third, Java is now in fourth ...

Still, scripting languages weren’t used in two areas of programming: systems programming and commercial, installable, “shrink-wrapped” products. Now those barriers have been broken as well.

In recent years, the Python community has created new frameworks and packages that make the language more accessible to non-professional developers for advanced analytics, machine learning, and ...