Python is Changing – Here’s What’s Coming

About this Video

• Video Title: Python is Changing – Here’s What’s Coming
• Channel: Tech With Tim
• Speakers: Tim (implied)
• Duration: 00:14:25

Introduction

This video analyzes the results of the Python developer survey (conducted in November 2024 by the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains PyCharm team), highlighting key trends and insights into Python's evolving usage, popular frameworks, libraries, and developer demographics. The presenter focuses on significant changes and implications for Python developers in 2025 and beyond.

Key Takeaways

• Python's Continued Dominance: Python remains the most popular language for learning to code and is the primary language for 86% of surveyed developers. JavaScript is the most common secondary language (40%).
• Short Professional Experience: A significant portion (50%) of professional Python developers have less than two years of experience, indicating a large pool of newer professionals. However, many have 3-5 years of experience overall.
• Data Science's Rise: Data science is a major application of Python, with 51% of developers involved in data science-related work. Pandas and NumPy remain the most used libraries. Streamlit is gaining popularity for data dashboards.
• Framework Shifts: FastAPI is rapidly becoming the most popular framework for API development, surpassing Django and Flask in growth. Scikit-learn continues to be prevalent for machine learning tasks, alongside PyTorch (now surpassing TensorFlow in popularity).
• Tooling Trends: Uvi is a rapidly growing package manager, and ChatGPT is the leading AI tool among Python developers. Visual Studio Code and PyCharm remain the most popular IDEs.