Ask HN: How popular is Python for web applications?

3 points by 3dfan 6 years ago | 1 comment

Python has seen crazy growth over the last 5 years:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=php,javascript,python,ruby

Is that because everyone and their dog are now writing AI software, or is it also widely used for other areas?

In particular, I would be interested how popular it is to write web applications in Python these days.

jamil7 6 years ago |

Django is used widely for CRUD apps or any area you'd typically use Rails. Flask is also a popular option among developers and theres been a few new generation python microframeworks focused around ASGI popup in the last few years. I haven't used it for years but my girlfriend uses it heavily for scientific computing and data science which is I'd say where a big chunk of it's userbase is.