[Top 7 reasons why you must learn python](https://data-flair.training/blogs/why-should-i-learn-python/)

Python is a general-purpose language, but is used almost everywhere:

- Web development

- Game development

- Machine Learning

- Data Science (preferred)

- Artificial Intelligence (ex- robotics)

- Scripting

- Computer Vision

- Scraping

- Natural Language Processing

- Data analytics

- Scientific and Numeric computing

- Software Application Development

- Desktop GUI

- Network Programming

Python is definitely easy to learn, that is why it is taught to university students- to create interest in programming. Python is:

- Easy to learn- it has a smooth learning curve

- Easy to read- it is easy to read and understand someone else’s code

- Easy to write- Python’s syntax is like English

- Easy to debug- it gives you full tracebacks

Want to learn Python and build a career in it? We have laid down steps to help you:

- Follow online tutorials

- Code while you learn

- Read books

- Watch videos/ Do an online Python course

- Work with machine learning and other libraries

- Build projects

- Read interview questions

- Contribute to open-source projects

These are some books you should read to improve your Python skills:

Learning Python - Mark Lutz

Python Cookbook - David Beazley and Brian K. Jones

Python for Data Analysis - Wes McKinney

Python Essential Reference - David Beazley

Python in a Nutshell - Alex Martelli

Violent Python - TJ O’Connor

Python Pocket Reference - Mark Lutz