Python应用领域
Python在很多不同的应用领域都可以使用，包括Web和因特网、数据库、桌面图形界面，科学和数值计算、教育、网络、软件构建和测试、游戏开发、三维渲染等等。
1. Web与因特网开发
Python offers a wide range of choices for web development including high-end solutions such as Zope, mega frameworks such as Django and TurboGears, and advanced content management systems such as Plone and CPS. Python is also great for CGI.
Python's extensive support for XML, email, RSS feeds, and many other Internet protocols makes Python a great choice for developing custom web solutions and other internet-based applications.
2. 数据库访问
Need to access a database? Custom and ODBC interfaces to MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SybODBC, and others are available for free download.
3. 桌面图形界面
Python arrives on your hard drive with the Tk GUI development library. Third-party libraries are available for MFC (via win32 extensions), wxWidgets, GTK, Qt, Delphi, and more. Scientific and Numeric
Python is widely used in scientific and numeric computing, including in Bioinformatics (see also Python course in Bioinformatics) and Physics, among others.
4. 教育
Python是一种非常适合程序设计教学的语言，无论是在入门级别还是在更进一步的课程上。Education Special Interest Group是一个好的开端。可以参考pyBiblio和Software Carpentry Course(由Python Software Foundation资助)。
5. 网络编程
In addition to web and internet support described above, Python also provides support for lower level network programming with its easy to use sockets implementation and with powerful third party modules such as Twisted, a framework for asyncronous network programming,
6. 软件开发
Python is often used as a support language for software developers, for build control and management, testing, and in many other ways. Some of the development support tools written in Python include SCons for build control, Buildbot and Apache Gump for automated continuous compilation and testing, and Trac for bug tracking and project management.
See also the list of Integrated Development Environments available for Python and the Python Package Index, which hosts thousands of third party modules for Python.
7. 游戏和三维图形
Python is widely used in commercial and hobby game development (some of which are listed on the Python Games wiki page). PyGame and PyKyra are two of the game frameworks available for Python. There are also a number of 3D rendering libraries available for Python.