Programming languages: Python developers reveal what they use it for and their top tools

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Data science is often cited as one of the main reasons for Pythons growing popularity. PSF hasnt asked whether people consider themselves a data scientist in its past two annual developer surveys. In 2018, people who said they were a data scientist were among the 12% in the Other category, while the vast majority of respondents simply identified themselves as developers. The order hasnt changed this year, with data analysis remaining Pythons top purpose at 59%, followed by web development at 51%, and machine learning at 40%. Microsoft has also been providing free tutorials for budding Python developers and encouraging them to use Azure.

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