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This article explores all the possibilities and opportunities learning Python can open up.

Python is referred to as a high-interpreted programming language that is used for general life

purposes. The author gives a real life example of a woman who had little to no experience with

computational learning, but was still able to understand Python relatively quickly. It combines

simple syntax, abundant online resources and a rich ecosystem of scientifically focused toolkits

with a heavy emphasis on community. This programming language’s growth in popularity is

credited to the usage of big data analytics. Many programs written in Python aid in experiments

of all fields whether it's the data collection process or the analyzing process. Rather than

explaining all the specifics of using Python, the author uses the environmental aspect of Python

and how it benefits the real world. It has proven to be helpful for corporations or companies that

want to implement a computational based system. This is because it was created with many built

in capabilities that are made to help beginners. The main packages that are used by real world

companies are PsychoPy and QuTip. The first package of Python programming, PsychoPy,

allows people who study psychology or neuroscience to use computational skills to further their

experiment or research. Another branch of PsychoPy is AstroPy which addresses the

astronomical side of scientific research. This package was created to reduce duplicated effort

between research groups. It gives users a core set of abilities, such as ways to convert

coordinates from one astronomical mapping system to another, and a unified interface for

reading and writing different data file formats, manipulating images and carrying out

cosmological calculations. QuTip, another Python package, enables researchers working on

quantum mechanics to define a system and then simulate how it behaves. Overall, the simplicity

and user-friendliness of Python is explained through how companies of various fields use it and

how it makes things easier.

Jeffrey Perkel has been a scientific writer and editor since 2000. He holds a PhD in Cell

and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. He had used Python throughout his

collegiate career ad realized how helpful it was. He even released several academic journals on

computational learning and its simplicity. His main contact is his twitter (@j_perkel). This

source was written in 2015, so it is up to date with the latest advancements and effects on the

environment that Python programming consists of. It gives an overview of the programming

language and how its features apply to the real world, but the article also gives specific details on

instances where Python had an environment impact on a company and helped in research. The

information in this article can be corroborated. O’Reilly Radar Programming says that Python

has integrated english within it’s programming interface to make it simple enough for

beginners.The article appears to have some bias because the author describes ideal topic of

Python that can be verified by other sources. Real world examples and pictures of code iteration

is given to show no falsification of information. There are no two sides to the article so there is
no objectivity. The article has thick and broad coverage, according to the fact that there are many

details about Java programming and it goes into depth about it’s various characteristics, but the

overall idea of programming is referred to and addressed in a simple way to allow beginner’s to

understand.