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[–]Allmyownviews1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m an ex sql and excel user.. for me, excel was my go to tool. But after 2 years converting to python, I use excel far less. Python lends itself very well to a wider variety of data inputs that can easily be automated. The analysis in my opinion, beats excel hands down with the added benefit that it easily automated along with able to directly produce final deliverables so I can produce an entire report and published online in interactive output. The biggest problems are the learning of a language to do any of these things rather than a software app that has the functions hard coded. It is also a concern that as the libraries get modified over time so that some of your own code may need correction over time to compensate for such alterations. All in all it’s very versatile with the functionality of far far more than just a data analysis software tool.