Tech giants with millions of lines of Python code, such as Instagram and Dropbox, have been upgrading code to Python 3.x over the past years due to Python 2.x's looming end of life.

SEE: IT Hiring Kit: Programmer (Tech Pro Research) 3. A large developer community. Python is used in a wide number of applications from AI, to video games, to productivity tools.

Tech Jobs; View All Topics ... Java and Python’s shift was even being telegraphed in September, with Python solidly occupying the No. 3 spot while Java continued to post negative numbers.

Developers with skills in Java and Python programming languages remain among the toughest to find as the UK's skills shortage spreads beyond the capital. Almost two thirds of CIOs say they are ...