Advantages of Python . There are drawbacks to Python — for instance, its computing is often slower due its line-by-line execution style. However, its advantages make it an attractive coding choice.

As part of our mini-series on programming languages, Dolly Setton makes the case for Python being the best language for data journalism and our team shares their tips for getting started with it.

By THE DATA TEAM “I CERTAINLY didn’t set out to create a language that was intended for mass consumption,” says Guido van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist who devised Python, a programming ...