#100DaysOfCode in Python Transcripts
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Lecture: Why Python for #100DaysOfCode
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You've chosen Python for your #100DaysOfCode.
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Maybe you're a Python developer who has lots of experience.
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You just want to go through this
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whole challenge, and that's great.
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You probably already know the power
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and popularity of Python.
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But if you're just getting into programming,
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and you're coming here and saying,
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"Well, let's try Python for this 100 days.
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That seems like a great way."
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I want to tell you, you have chosen wisely.
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So check out this graphic.
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This comes from one of the best sources on the internet
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for popularity in adoption of technology, Stack Overflow.
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And the data scientists at Stack Overflow
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did some predictions and said, "Well, how are
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the various languages doing over time?
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Are they becoming more popular, less popular?"
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Based on their view into the industry.
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And they did this up to mid-2017, and then you can see
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the gray part where they're projecting out.
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One of these languages is unlike the others.
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It is just going up, and up, and increasingly up.
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Your other best bet is JavaScript, which is
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barely logarithmically going up.
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Java looks like it's topping off.
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The rest of them are going down.
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So if you're going to focus on something,
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pick one particular language.
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Pick the one that's got all the momentum
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and the popularity behind it, and that's Python.
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Now, you might say, "Okay, Michael,
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this actually is against all these
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older languages, C#, Java, and so on.
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What about the new languages like Go and Rust?
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They're probably even more amazing
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and more powerful, and growing quicker."
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Well, let's see.
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Yeah, they're growing up, they're going upward,
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not downward, that's really great.
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Swift is going up, TypeScript's going up, Go is going up,
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but they are nowhere near Python in this graph.
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I just want to leave you with these two pictures
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in your mind that Python is really a great place
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to put your energy and be learning.
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My rough rule of thumb here is I would like to
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bet my career on things that are going up, not down.
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So which one of these do you want to pick?
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Well, you're in a good place.
