These are my go-to libraries for Python data crunching.

NumPy (Numerical Python) is an open-source library for the Python programming language. It is used for scientific computing and working with arrays. Apart from its multidimensional array object, it ...

Soon to be the official tool for managing Python installations on Windows, the new Python Installation Manager picks up where the ‘py’ launcher left off. Python is a first-class citizen on Microsoft ...

Every Python developer knows some or all of these libraries, because they’re stable, reliable, and excellent at what they do.

Astral, which makes high-performance Python tools such as the Ruff linter, has launched uv, an “extremely fast” Python package installer and resolver written in Rust. Designed as a drop-in replacement ...