Software engineers have long told their bosses and clients that they can have software "fast, cheap, or right," as long as they pick any two of those factors. Getting all three? Forget about it! But ...

Python is popular, interpretive programming language that's used in a variety of areas from controlling robots to running websites to handling artificial-intelligence and machine-learning chores.

Of all the reasons Python is a hit with developers, one of the biggest is its broad and ever-expanding selection of third-party packages. Convenient toolkits for everything from ingesting and ...