Getting started with Python for data analysis

Python books covers

A few days ago another friend asked me to recommend reading materials to get started with python. Yesterday, I saw this tweet.

"When you’ve written the same code 3 times, write a function. When you’ve given the same in-person advice 3 times, write a blog post" - David Robinson‏

So here I am, writing this blog post.

A short disclaimer: I like learning from books, but I know that it doesn't work for everybody. So my recommendations …

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Writing a programming book? Don't compose an utility library!

I came across two books recently, in which the authors decided to write an utility library. The first book was Python in Practice, by Mark Summerfield (my opinion about the book can be found here), and the second, which I'm still reading, is Doing Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition, by …

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Python readings

I usually learn anything new by reading books. In fact, I got almost all of my python knowledge (which is not a lot, I'm just an apprentice programmer) by reading python books. A year ago I've started to learn web development from Udi Oron in Hackita (my impressions here), and …

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