unearthing the reasons for using python most programming languages are created with specific goals in mind these goals help define the language characteristics and determine what you can do with the language there really isn' any way to create programming language that does everything because people have competing goals and needs when creating applications when it comes to pythonthe main objective was to create programming language that would make programmers efficient and productive with that in mindhere are the reasons that you want to use python when creating an applicationless application development timepython code is usually - times shorter than comparable code written in languages like / +and javawhich means that you spend less time writing your application and more time using it ease of readinga programming language is like any other language -you need to be able to read it to understand what it does python code tends to be easier to read than the code written in other languageswhich means you spend less time interpreting it and more time making essential changes reduced learning timethe creators of python wanted to make programming language with fewer odd rules that make the language hard to learn after allprogrammers want to create applicationsnot learn obscure and difficult languages it' important to realize thatalthough python is popular languageit' not the most popular language out there in factit currently ranks eighth on sites such as tiobe (paperinfo/tpci/index html)an organization that tracks usage statistics (among other thingsif you're looking for language solely for the purpose of obtaining jobpython is good choicebut / ++javac#or visual basic would be better choices make sure you choose language you like and one that will address your application development needsbut also choose on the basis of what you intend to accomplish python was the language of the year in both and and has ranked as high as the fourth most popular language in february soreallyit' good choice if you're looking for jobbut not necessarily the best choice howeverit may surprise you to know that many colleges now use python to teach codingand it has become the most popular language in that venue check out my blog post at johnmuellerbooks com//python-as- -learning-tool for details