Python 3 was without a doubt the option over Python 2 in a late-2022 survey of more than 23,000 Python designers, but the percentage of participants utilizing Python 2 in fact ticked up compared to the previous year.Results of the
sixth annual Python Developers Study, conducted by the Python Software application Foundation and software application tools maker JetBrains, were released September 27. The Python Developers Survey 2022 report suggests that 93% of respondents had adopted Python 3, while just 7% were still using Python 2.
In the 2021 study, though, 95% utilized Python 3 while 5% used Python 2. In 2020, Python 3 held a 94% to 6% edge. Dating back to 2017, 75% used Python 3 and 25% utilized Python 2.
Python 3 debuted in December 2008, and the most recent upgrade, Python 3.12, arrived this week. The 2022 report stated 29% of respondents still utilize Python 2 for data analysis, 24% use Python 2 for computer system graphics, and 23% utilized Python 2 for devops. The survey also discovered that 45% of respondents are still utilizing Python 3.10, which arrived 2 years back, while just 2% still use Python 3.5 or lower. (Python 3.11 was released October 24, 2022, right when the study was being conducted.)
Python designers from more than 200 countries and regions participated in the study, which was conducted from October 14 to November 14, 2022. Other results from the study:
- Python was cited as the main language by 85% of participants.
- Web development, information analysis, and machine learning were crucial uses of the language.
- Python web structure usage is a three-horse race in between Flask, Django, and FastAPI.
- 66% of Python designers use cloud platforms, up from 61% the previous year. Amazon Web Solutions was the leading cloud platform for Python designers.
- Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code and JetBrains’ PyCharm were the most popular editors.
- 34% of participants to the survey have actually established and packaged Python libraries.
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