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Beginner’s Tutorial on the Pandas Python Library

Pandas is an open source Python package that provides numerous tools for data analysis. The package comes with several data structures that can be used for many different data manipulation tasks. It also has a variety of methods that can be invoked for data analysis, which comes in handy when working on data science and machine learning problems in Python. Advantages of Using Pandas The following are some of the advantages of the Pandas library: It can present data in […]

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Text Summarization with NLTK in Python

Introduction As I write this article, 1,907,223,370 websites are active on the internet and 2,722,460 emails are being sent per second. This is an unbelievably huge amount of data. It is impossible for a user to get insights from such huge volumes of data. Furthermore, a large portion of this data is either redundant or doesn’t contain much useful information. The most efficient way to get access to the most important parts of the data, without having to sift through […]

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File Handling in Python

Introduction It is an unwritten consensus that Python is one of the best starting programming languages to learn as a novice. It is extremely versatile, easy to read/analyze, and quite pleasant to the eye. The Python programming language is highly scalable and is widely considered as one of the best toolboxes to build tools and utilities that you may want to use for diverse reasons. This article will briefly covers how Python handles one of the most important components of […]

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Preparing for a Python Developer Interview

Introduction In this article I will be giving my opinions and suggestions for putting yourself in the best position to out-perform competing candidates in a Python programming interview so that you can land a job as a Python developer. You may be thinking, with the shortage of programmers in the job market all I need to do is show up and answer a few questions about basic Python syntax and let my degree or bootcamp certificate take care of the […]

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Implementing Word2Vec with Gensim Library in Python

Introduction Humans have a natural ability to understand what other people are saying and what to say in response. This ability is developed by consistently interacting with other people and the society over many years. The language plays a very important role in how humans interact. Languages that humans use for interaction are called natural languages. The rules of various natural languages are different. However, there is one thing in common in natural languages: flexibility and evolution. Natural languages are […]

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Creating a Simple Recommender System in Python using Pandas

Introduction Have you ever wondered how Netflix suggests movies to you based on the movies you have already watched? Or how does an e-commerce websites display options such as “Frequently Bought Together”? They may look relatively simple options but behind the scenes, a complex statistical algorithm executes in order to predict these recommendations. Such systems are called Recommender Systems, Recommendation Systems, or Recommendation Engines. A Recommender System is one of the most famous applications of data science and machine learning. […]

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How to Format Dates in Python

Introduction Python comes with a variety of useful objects that can be used out of the box. Date objects are examples of such objects. Date types are difficult to manipulate from scratch, due to the complexity of dates and times. However, Python date objects make it extremely easy to convert dates into the desirable string formats. Date formatting is one of the most important tasks that you will face as a programmer. Different regions around the world have different ways […]

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NumPy Tutorial: A Simple Example-Based Guide

Introduction The NumPy library is a popular Python library used for scientific computing applications, and is an acronym for “Numerical Python”. NumPy’s operations are divided into three main categories: Fourier Transform and Shape Manipulation, Mathematical and Logical Operations, and Linear Algebra and Random Number Generation. To make it as fast as possible, NumPy is written in C and Python. In this article, we will provide a brief introduction to the NumPy stack and we will see how the NumPy library […]

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Course Review: Master the Python Interview

Introduction This article will be a continuation of the topic of my prior article Preparing for a Python Developer Interview where I gave my opinions and suggestions that I feel will put you in the best position to out perform other developers competing for a Python developer role. In this article I will be reviewing the popular Udemy course on preparing for a Python developer interview by Nicolas Georges called Master the Python Interview – get the senior & well […]

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Introduction to the Python Pickle Module

Introduction Pickling is a popular method of preserving food. According to Wikipedia, it is also a pretty ancient procedure – although the origins of pickling are unknown, the ancient Mesopotamians probably used the process 4400 years ago. By placing a product in a specific solution, it is possible to drastically increase its shelf life. In other words, it’s a method that lets us store food for later consumption. If you’re a Python developer, you might one day find yourself in […]

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