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Pros of Buildbox
Pros of Python
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    Because it has been used to make many hit iPhone games
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    Great UI
  • 1
    It's easy to gat started with
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    Great libraries
  • 962
    Readable code
  • 847
    Beautiful code
  • 788
    Rapid development
  • 690
    Large community
  • 438
    Open source
  • 393
    Elegant
  • 282
    Great community
  • 272
    Object oriented
  • 220
    Dynamic typing
  • 77
    Great standard library
  • 60
    Very fast
  • 55
    Functional programming
  • 49
    Easy to learn
  • 45
    Scientific computing
  • 35
    Great documentation
  • 29
    Productivity
  • 28
    Easy to read
  • 28
    Matlab alternative
  • 24
    Simple is better than complex
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    It's the way I think
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    Imperative
  • 18
    Free
  • 18
    Very programmer and non-programmer friendly
  • 17
    Powerfull language
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    Machine learning support
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    Fast and simple
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    Scripting
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    Explicit is better than implicit
  • 11
    Ease of development
  • 10
    Clear and easy and powerfull
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    Unlimited power
  • 8
    It's lean and fun to code
  • 8
    Import antigravity
  • 7
    Print "life is short, use python"
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    Python has great libraries for data processing
  • 6
    Although practicality beats purity
  • 6
    Now is better than never
  • 6
    Great for tooling
  • 6
    Readability counts
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    Rapid Prototyping
  • 6
    I love snakes
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    Flat is better than nested
  • 6
    Fast coding and good for competitions
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    There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious
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    High Documented language
  • 5
    Great for analytics
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    Lists, tuples, dictionaries
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    Easy to learn and use
  • 4
    Simple and easy to learn
  • 4
    Easy to setup and run smooth
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    Web scraping
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    CG industry needs
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    Socially engaged community
  • 4
    Complex is better than complicated
  • 4
    Multiple Inheritence
  • 4
    Beautiful is better than ugly
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    Plotting
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    Many types of collections
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    Flexible and easy
  • 3
    It is Very easy , simple and will you be love programmi
  • 3
    If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad id
  • 3
    Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules
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    Pip install everything
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    List comprehensions
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    No cruft
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    Generators
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    Import this
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    If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a g
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    Can understand easily who are new to programming
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    Batteries included
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    Securit
  • 2
    Good for hacking
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    Better outcome
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    Only one way to do it
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    Because of Netflix
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    A-to-Z
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    Should START with this but not STICK with This
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    Powerful language for AI
  • 1
    Automation friendly
  • 1
    Sexy af
  • 1
    Slow
  • 1
    Procedural programming
  • 0
    Ni
  • 0
    Powerful
  • 0
    Keep it simple

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Cons of Buildbox
Cons of Python
  • 1
    Not Popular In Reddit
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    Very Poor
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    Still divided between python 2 and python 3
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    Performance impact
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    Poor syntax for anonymous functions
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    GIL
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    Package management is a mess
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    Too imperative-oriented
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    Hard to understand
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    Dynamic typing
  • 12
    Very slow
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    Indentations matter a lot
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    Not everything is expression
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    Incredibly slow
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    Explicit self parameter in methods
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    Requires C functions for dynamic modules
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    Poor DSL capabilities
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    No anonymous functions
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    Fake object-oriented programming
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    Threading
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    The "lisp style" whitespaces
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    Official documentation is unclear.
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    Hard to obfuscate
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    Circular import
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    Lack of Syntax Sugar leads to "the pyramid of doom"
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    The benevolent-dictator-for-life quit
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    Not suitable for autocomplete
  • 2
    Meta classes
  • 1
    Training wheels (forced indentation)

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What is Buildbox?

It is the easiest drag and drop game maker software.Make your own games without coding and export them to iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, PC and Microconsoles.

What is Python?

Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.

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