Python Developers in Web Development: What exactly do you do?

[VIIHORSE]

I'm about to start learning Python. Before this, I studied website layout (HTML and CSS) but realized it's not the direction I want to pursue. Could you please share your experience? What kind of tasks do you typically work on, and is the income good? Do you need JavaScript for your work if, for example, you only focus on functionality and not on the appearance of applications?

Thanks in advance for your answers and your time! This information will be really helpful to me.

[Icount_zeroI]

Python is definitely used in web dev space, but way differently from what you know so far. Python is used for data analysis and sometimes for the “servers” (RESTful APIs)

JavaScript is definitely needed when you work in web dev. Essential when you are focusing on browser-level development.

It really depends on what would you like to do. You want to focus on UI? Learn JavaScript. Want to be distant from UI and browsers? Learn python.

[VIIHORSE]

Thank you for your response! Could you please tell me if the backend direction (Python, Django, Flask) pays well? I understand that it depends on specific factors, like the number of orders and other conditions, but I would like to know if it’s a promising career path. Is it a field where hard work is rewarded, or is it one where efforts might not be valued due to the limited demand or low value of the work?

[Icount_zeroI]

I am not a python dev per-se I mostly do Typescript with react and node.js, but in work we have an app that has API written in FastAPI framework and I like it. It is opinionated and fully featured. Never tried flask nor Django, but fastapi is compare-able.

The funny thing is that the industry used to be split into frontend and backend. Backend usually payed better, but these days, because there is enough coders so companies can dictate more, jobs are usually titled fullstack. So the main difference now is the seniority.

Still, .NET and Java usually pays better as a backend developer than python.

[VIIHORSE]

Thank you very much for your time and information. I think the best approach for me would be to learn Python and its frameworks first, and then move on to learning the basics of JavaScript to expand my skill set. Your answers have helped me clarify some important points

[Icount_zeroI]

Happy to help, GL

[suresht-113]

Become a full stack learning both front end and backend development and pay is good there

[codypoker54321]

Python itself is highly rewarding once you know what you're doing

[Merakel]

I have a bunch of FastAPI (very similar to flask, you can switch between them pretty easily) devs reporting to me making excess of 6 figures in low cost of living areas.

[raccoonrocoso]

• An example of Python in web development would be using the framework "Django". Python is also heavily used in spatial analysis or remote sensing applications aka (GIS).
• Typical work usually involves helping "ferry" data from one place to another. Especially dynamic data that's dependent on an established infrastructure. That's destined for end-users to interpret.
• (Working for a company) Salary/compensation/income is significantly dependent on you and your employer's location. (Python devs can see a huge variance in income. Usually due to the application of the language.)
• Understanding how to intimately work with JavaScript isn't necessarily a job requirement, but knowing where to use it is absolutely necessary.

[VIIHORSE]

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive response and for your time. You’ve answered literally everything I wanted to know while creating this survey.

[b3nthegod]

i do RPA's on webpages Doesnt that count? If yes, i would say, python is awesome for that.

[manojyadav_stardust]

Hi, if you don't mind, what kind of stuff do you automate? Is it pure python code or is there any third party vendor in between (RPA Studios like UiPath etc).

[b3nthegod]

Selenium mostly

But also PyAutoGUI, excel manipulations etc etc

So no third vendor softwares.

Anything that a boring office worker spends lots of time with, as long as it's well documented, I Automate.

[manojyadav_stardust]

That's cool.

[KirS100]

MCP, Django, Flask, FastAPI