PythonAnywhere is described as "the simplest way to deploy [[web2py]] applications" in the official book on the web framework,<ref name="Pierro2013">{{cite book|author=Massimo Di Pierro|title=web2py (5th Edition)|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vB2-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA568|year=2013|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-578-12021-8|pages=568–}}</ref>, is suggested when learning [[numpy]],<ref name="Idris2015">{{cite book|author=Ivan Idris|title=NumPy Cookbook - Second Edition|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zWHCCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|date=29 April 2015|publisher=Packt Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-78439-982-5|pages=85–}}</ref>, and is recommended as a way of hosting [[machine learning]]-based web applications.<ref name="Raschka2015">{{cite book|author=Sebastian Raschka|title=Python Machine Learning|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GOVOCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA272|date=23 September 2015|publisher=Packt Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-78355-514-7|pages=272–}}</ref>.
