Python is Changing – Here’s What’s Coming

This video is about python developer survey and not how python is changing.

I cannot resist... next month I turn 65. I have been into Python professionally since about 2017. I have been coding as a living since the mid 80's. I do a lot of automation code that is deployed to AWS using the AWS CDK in Python. I was surprised to see I was so rare. Just 3 percent of us at this age. I also do MicroPython as a hobby. I love embedded systems. Thanks Tim for the update on the current state of the language.

This was a little clickbait Tim.. . Misleading title.

The reason we don't see higher percentages of developers in their 40s and 50s is because there weren't as many in the 1980s and 1990s to begin with not necessarily because of career changes or retirement.

Interesting the age stats. Been going strong from Basic, Pascal, Fortran, Forth, C++, C, Java and still at it. Now adding Python as well. And - above 61 years already! Just can't see myself stopping soon! Love IntelliJ for Java and PyCharm - consistent feel between the two.

I clicked thinking this video was about how the structure of the language, like syntax, logic, best practices and so on, are changing. But it was only about a survey and at the end you mentioned that more and more people are using a few tools. This is not saying how python is changing to he honest. I know you need clickbait titles, but this one is misleading.

I thought its gonna be about the updates in python programming language itself. Have you read the book 'Fluent Python'?

Vim user here! <3 I go between Vim and PyCharm depending on the situation but really enjoy writing in Vim.

I’m a vim user, and I think it’s an exceptional editor. I’m in academia and personally don’t work in large projects. Despite knowing python for 6 years now, I find myself each time coding more and more in Fortran. My python package manager is also UV, it has been for the last few months too.

Thanks for the interesting update again Tim! Btw, I'm one of those crazy over 65 programmers still going strong and learning new tricks -- this time in Python.😂