Python 2 vs Python 3

One key topic to talk about, right from the start, is the Python 2 vs Python 3 discussion.

Python 3 was introduced in 2008, and it’s been in development as the main Python version, while Python 2 continued being maintained with bug fixe…


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One key topic to talk about, right from the start, is the Python 2 vs Python 3 discussion.

Python 3 was introduced in 2008, and it’s been in development as the main Python version, while Python 2 continued being maintained with bug fixes and security patches until early 2020.

On that date, Python 2 support was discontinued.

Many, many programs are still written using Python 2, and organizations still actively work on those, because the migration to Python 3 is not trivial and would require a lot of work to upgrade those programs. And large and important migrations always introduce new bugs.

So, you might happen to have to work on Python 2 codebases. This is not the book to start with, then.

But new code, unless you have to adhere to rules set by your organization that forces Python 2 or one of the libraries you must use is not upgraded to Python 3, should always be written in Python 3.


This content originally appeared on flaviocopes.com and was authored by flaviocopes.com


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