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Python

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2021-09-05

What is it

Python is a popular programming language, especially within the domain of data engineering and data science. There are many data science and ML libraries for python, e.g. pandas, numpy, scikit-learn and more. Python 3 refers to the third major release of the language. Take a look at the latest releases to get updated on the latest version of Python 3.

When to use it

For ad-hoc analysis of data using one or several of the libraries recommended in this radar, or for building data pipelines using the Apache Beam Python SDK, for example.

How to learn it

Conventions

Set up Python projects with

  • Poetry for dependency and packaging management
  • Black for formatting