Python Developer Survey: 55% Use Linux, 6% Still on Python 2 🐍

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Summary:

  1. Python 2 Usage
    Despite Python 2 reaching its end-of-life in April 2020, 6% of developers are still using it, a slight decrease from last year. Many holdouts are young and may be using it due to educational courses.

  2. Development Environments
    The survey shows that 55% of Python developers use Linux, though this has decreased over time. Windows is also used by 55%, with MacOS at 29%. Visual Studio Code leads as the most popular IDE, followed by Jupyter Notebook and Vim.

  3. Developer Experience and Usage
    A significant portion (37%) of developers have contributed to open-source projects in the past year. The majority have less than two years of programming experience, with Python being used extensively for data analysis, web development, and machine learning.

Read more at: JetBrains

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