# Python

Python is one of the many languages used by the data science community to perform data manipulation, statistical modeling and machine learning. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. The python community is huge, offering an enormous library of technical support documentation. If you don't know how to do something in Python, chances are, someone else asked a similar question online and received a comprehensive answer.

## Resources

* [Python Website](https://www.python.org/about/)
* [Python Tutorials](https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp)
* [Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist](https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/)
* [Hypermodern Python](https://cjolowicz.github.io/posts/hypermodern-python-01-setup/)


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