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Why Python

Scientific community
Works with 'fast' languages
Works with other virtual machines/platforms
Good packaging tools for easy deployment
- Pyinstaller, py2exe

Presenter Notes

Focus on reasons not usually talked about
Obvious:
- Open source/tools/(Windows/OS X/nix)
Works with C/C++/Fortran
Other VMs/platforms (IronPython/Jython)
Clients ask for it!
Space, Weather, Model molecules
Lots of stuff is IO bound, not CPU

Python tools

Crunch numbers
- IPython, NumPy, pandas, scipy, pytables
Visualize 2d/3d
- PyQt/PyQwt, matplotlib, VTK, Mayavi
Location
- Esri (ArcPy/geoprocessing)

Presenter Notes

Not enough time for everything
Be aware Enthought makes lots of plotting tools
Big overview of some common tools
Ma-ya-vee
Esri embraced Python as scripting lang for ArcGIS