Why Python?

We'll be using Python as our programming language of choice. Python is used in many large companies.

You may recognize a few of these company names:

• Google (Youtube)
• Facebook (Tornado)
• Dropbox
• Yahoo
• NASA
• IBM
• Mozilla
• Quora

Like all programming languages, Python constantly goes through growth and changes to accommodate better, more efficient ways of executing tasks. Even though the current version of Python is 3, we will be teaching you in Python 2.

Below is a video of Karl, one of our Content Developers. He will tell you a bit about the practical differences between Python 2 and 3, and why they don't have to be a big deal for learning!