Keynote: Python - The second best language for everything? - Anthony Shaw

Did you know Python is the #1 language in the world? In this talk, we'll look at the Python software ecosystem, where Python excels and where Python has historically not been the first choice. Let's debunk some myths about what Python can be used for and talk about what has made Python so popular.
By Anthony Shaw (Python Advocacy Lead at Microsoft)
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[@dision9470]

Godot (game engine, biggest Unity competitor in the indie scene I would say) uses GDScript, which is really similar to Python. So not necessarily the second best option there (although not the same as GDScript). Anyway, good talk!

[@philippevoet5948]

Python would at best be fifth for web development behind JS, Ruby on rails, dart with flutter and php. Making an argument that you can use python for wasm is a bad one, cause you can use so many languages that do that and python isn't even the second best for that. Pyscript does exist and could be useful, but because of the limitations that you can basically use no libraries, can't edit DOM elements and still needs JS, it takes away every reason why you would use python in the first place.

[@Haja3am]

so true i agree

[@user-qi5kb5th7y]

ruby is dying, dart and flutter are niche, and php is arguably better for web, although the syntax alone is wildly off-putting