title: What are the differences between lxml and ElementTree?
body: <p>When it comes to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/3844360/3357935">generating XML data in Python</a>, there are two libraries I often see recommended: <strong><em><a href="https://lxml.de/index.html" rel="noreferrer">lxml</a></em></strong> and <strong><em><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html" rel="noreferrer">ElementTree</a></em></strong></p>
  
  <p>From what I can tell, the two libraries are very similar to each other. They both seem to have similar module names, usage guidelines, and functionality. Even the import statements are fairly similar.</p>
  
  <pre><code> # Importing lxml and ElementTree
  import lxml.etree
  import xml.etree.ElementTree
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What are the differences between the <code>lxml</code> and <code>ElementTree</code> libraries for Python?</p>