Python in Education

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It’s easy to read: if you squint a little, most Python code is com‐

prehensible even to people who wouldn’t call themselves pro‐

grammers (for example, Python is very popular among

scientists).

Community

Python has a large, diverse and proactive community associated

with it. The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is a community-

led charitable organization whose mission is to promote, pro‐

tect and advance the Python programming language.

Momentum

Being popular is itself a strength and a virtuous circle that rein‐

forces Python’s popularity. New projects and initiatives are

announced all the time. For example, the author is aware of sev‐

eral yet-to-be publicly announced Python-in-education

projects. The online version of this document will be updated to

reflect these announcements, so be sure to check 

http://

www.oreilly.com/programming/free/python-in-education.csp

.