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While there are multiple languages that data scientists can use, Python has essential advantages for data science. Each language has its specific history, purpose, strengths, and style. The choice of language should be informed by the type of work being done now and in the future.
In this post, I make the (somewhat opinionated) case for why Python is the best choice as the primary language for data science coding shops.
2018-10-09 16:39
When teaching our data science course, we are frequently asked: ‘what is Big Data?’ There is a lot of interest — and hyperbole — surrounding the topic. For better or… Read More
2018-09-17 14:56
An important issue confronting retailers and other businesses today is the preponderance of credit card fraud. This issue recently hit home, as my son was a victim a week prior to me writing… Read More
2018-09-05 04:53
The title of ‘Data Scientist’ is one of those sexy, evolving, roles that no-one seems to be able to characterize definitively. More accurately: just about everyone has their own… Read More
2018-08-15 12:51
My first statistics textbook was a friend’s inexpertly photocopied “Dungeon Masters Guide,” by Gary Gygax (piracy took more effort back then). In those brutal days, you gen… Read More
2018-06-19 01:25
Whether you are fairly new to data science techniques or even a seasoned veteran, interpreting results from a machine learning algorithm can be a trying experience. The challenge is making s… Read More
2018-06-06 02:12
Welcome to part 2 of our ongoing series on what’s new in Angular 6. Today, we will focus on the changes to the Command Line Interface, or CLI. History of The Angular CLI First a quick… Read More
2018-05-13 03:21
Angular 6 has been released by the Angular development team at Google. There are several changes in this major version update. With these revisions, Angular is more stable and organizes its… Read More
2018-03-27 22:35
Google is not the only pay-per-click (PPC) advertising option out there, but it is the standard in search engine marketing. Considering that 3.5 billion searches are performed every day via… Read More
2018-02-19 19:07
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we discussed best practices for JavaScript and how to properly work with data and React components. In this post, we will explore best practices for Reac… Read More
2017-11-16 22:15
In the first part of this series, we explored two best practices with JavaScript: declaring variables and immutable programming with objects. Next, the series will transition to some best pr… Read More
2017-11-01 17:24
Introduction When building applications, there are many ways of solving any problem. Mastering a toolset is more than getting it to work, it’s about getting it to work correctly. Many… Read More
2017-09-25 15:30
A few months ago we added structured data to all of the course pages on the Accelebrate website. What did we have to lose? Google uses this type of markup to better understand a webpage&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-09-06 01:39
MobX is yet another entry into the state management space for user interface (UI) applications. Its biggest competitor is Redux (especially in the React space), and to a more limited extent… Read More
2017-06-12 19:22
For the past 15 years, I have had the pleasure of serving as Accelebrate’s president (and before that was a senior manager at another IT training firm for nearly 7 years). During those… Read More
2017-06-11 17:55
In order to keep up with the swift pace of technology changes and needs in the workplace, businesses must turn to training to keep their staff and systems up to date. Classroom learning on t… Read More
2016-11-02 16:38
Two-way data binding is a pattern which many developers either love or hate. When asked, many developers choose Angular 1 or 2 because of two-way data binding. However, many other developers… Read More
2016-09-20 15:46
In the first part of this two-part series, the future of web development with web components in Angular 1 and Angular 2 was related. We also explored the specifics of creating components and… Read More
2016-08-29 22:10
The prospect of Web Components is the gleeful hope of web developers for the future of their craft. Simply, Web Components are self-contained, reusable, distributable HTML elements that can… Read More
2016-08-09 18:34
CSS will have its 20th anniversary as a W3C Recommendation later this year. During those 20 years, CSS has evolved from a single, fairly simple specification into a giant (and growing) colle… Read More
2016-06-23 18:40
I recently gave an onsite class to ten key managers to introduce Skype for Business as the replacement for their organization’s legacy phone system. Each manager communicated with thei… Read More
2016-04-19 21:23
There’s some confusion and misunderstanding over what benefits the use of a Virtual DOM in React.js provides. We’ve all heard that updating the Document Object Model (DOM) direct… Read More
2016-03-14 16:43
Google has been taunting webmasters for months with a new Penguin 4 algorithm update for 2016, but they have been coy about when it would be released, only saying it would march out in Q1. W… Read More
2016-02-11 13:57
Classes, Objects and Properties In the previous post, JavaScript ES2015 Classes and Prototype Inheritance (Part 1 of 2), we explored the new class syntax and the many intricacies of prototyp… Read More
2016-01-28 01:55
What is JavaScript ES2015? With the finalizing of the ECMA Script 2015 (ES2015) specification in June of last year, the JavaScript community can move towards the implementation of ES2015 in… Read More
2016-01-15 19:41
Python is Definitely Not a Snake What is Python? You probably know it’s a programming language. But is Python a program? A language? An ecosystem? It’s all of these and more. Wha… Read More
2015-12-17 04:50
Table of Contents Part the First: A Warning Part the Second: Temptation Part the Third: Execution (the Good Kind) 3.1. To die, to sleep (or at least to REST) 3.2. Go Groovy Or Go Home Let&rs&hell…Read More
2015-09-27 20:59
This final blog post on file uploads focuses on web sockets, the latest approach to browser/server communication. Part 1 of this series reviewed the history of file uploads including the ori… Read More
2015-09-03 01:43
In the previous post, we examined the history and the technical details of HTTP-based file uploads using web browsers. In this post, we explore two modern file upload methods: AJAX and Web S… Read More
2015-08-05 21:15
Spring and Groovy are old friends. While you can use POGOs as Spring beans as though they were POJOs, that’s not the focus of this article. Instead, I’m going to demonstrate one… Read More
2015-07-17 12:52
The Past HTML forms that support file uploads are a staple of many modern web applications. For those interested in a little World Wide Web history, the form tag first appeared in the never… Read More
2015-06-09 21:40
Component-based techniques are emerging as the dominant approach for client-side web development. However, component-based development is not a new concept. Going back to the days of COM, CO… Read More
2015-05-19 18:58
Text Parsing Tools Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems. –Jamie Zawinski, 1997 I don… Read More
2015-05-12 00:24
What I Wish I Had Picked up in Introduction to JavaScript. Pt 4 An earlier article dove into Prototypes. If you don’t recall what they are you should read my Prototypes in JavaScript p… Read More
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