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What is Python actually used for?

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Python can be used in many real-world scenarios and by a wide range of professionals.

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Don't just think of the typical software developer guy.

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Python can also be used in other fields to tackle all sorts of human and business problems.

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For instance, Python can be used in data science as in data analysis, data visualization,

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data accountants and researchers to name a few can leverage Python and extract trends

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and patterns from data and predict future outcomes and make decisions based on that.

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Another trend in this case is artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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These areas have increases in popularity in the last few years.

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Common improvements in hardware and technology in general led to a computational power growth

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and the revolution of cloud computing also allowed existing algorithms to be applied almost anywhere.

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The list of applications here are also limitless from spam detection in your inbox to speech

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recognition in phones and other devices, face detection in camera, object tracking in

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self-driving vehicles or civilians, recommender systems in online stores, targeted advertising

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based on search history or even chatbots.

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Another scripting and automation, Python application is scripting and automation.

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Python is usually used to write small programs that are designed to automate simple tasks

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or connect different components of your architecture together.

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Common use cases are moving files from one place to another or crawling and extracting data

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from specific websites.

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For instance, this can be applied to any service comparison platform.

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Think of a flight comparison, a website that collects information from different airlines

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and provides you with the data so you can choose the best price.

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Another huge application is web development and server side coding.

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Python-based frameworks like Django or Flask has recently become very popular for web development.

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They provide utilities that will make your life easier if you are developing a backend

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system or dealing with databases.

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All these other things Python can do for you, not even close.

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Python can also be used in mobile and desktop applications, game development networking,

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software, testing, and anything that you can think of.

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Given the amount of different applications, it is more than likely that many tech companies

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are using Python somehow, maybe not directly, a full Python-based product, but using it internally.

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Well-known tech giants have publicly stated to be using Python within their products and

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services whether you're an experienced developer or you're just starting your programming

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career.

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Learning Python is an excellent choice that opens lots of job opportunities in a wide variety

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of tech roles.