In this article, we’ll introduce you to some of the libraries that have helped make Python the most popular language for data science in Stack Overflow’s 2016 developer poll.

Python and Excel can only really talk to each other through limited functions—xl () and =PY ()—that can only return code results, not macros, VBA code, or other data, Microsoft claims.

These libraries address various topics, including scientific computing, web development, graphical user interfaces (GUI), data manipulation and machine learning.