The top three sources for Python installation and upgrades are the operating system, followed by python.org, and Anaconda. Some 68% of Python developers are building on Linux, followed by Windows ...

The top 5 languages learned: Java, followed by C, Python, C++, and JavaScript. JetBrains also asked which massive open online course platforms are the most popular.

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

Python is one of the world’s most popular programming languages. In fact, it’s more so than ever. Python climbed from third place to tie for second in the latest ranking of programming ...

Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming and computer science, according to a recent survey posted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

The Positron IDE is available in public beta as of today for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Created by Boston-based Posit PBC, formerly RStudio, Positron is based on Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code.

But Microsoft is working to go beyond that group, trying to become a top IDE for other developers, too. Toward that end, Microsoft announced a beta release of Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1. S.