The Python ecosystem
The Python programming environment has two broad subject areas:
- The language itself
- The extension packages. We can further subdivide the extension packages into:
- The standard library of packages
- The Python ecosystem of yet more extension packages
When we install Python, we install the language plus several hundred extension packages in the standard library. We'll return to the standard library in Chapter 12, Scripts, Modules, Packages, Libraries, and Applications. The Python ecosystem is potentially infinite. The good news is that PyPI makes it relatively easy to locate packages.
The idea of extensibility via add-ons
Python's design includes a small core language that can be extended by importing additional features. The Language ...
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