Work I learned how to use [pyinstaller]() to convert a python application to a binary file. As easy as: pyinstaller entrypoint.py -F To produce a self-contained binary file on the dist subfolder from where you called the command. I learned about mpl3d, a library that convert Pandas matplotlib base plots into beautiful, d3.js based plots. To use mpl3d on an iPython notebook, a single line of code is necessary: Read more

This is a continuation of a previous post that aims to be a very subjective guide for those who, like me not long ago, have a strong interest in programming but do not know how to start. On part 1 you got some advice about what being a programmer, you picked up a language to learn ( and hopefully you chose python) and you more or less learned that language syntax. Read more

Work I learned that Pandas can interact with sqlAlchemy and many other python modules creating an amazing data ecosystem Image from tonight’s PyData NYC meetup. Courtesy of Jeff Rebacks I learned of Project Jupyter, a version of iPython Notebook that works with Juliam Python and R Life I learned of MIT’s App Inventor, an esay way of learning how to develop Android applications. I folowed this awesome tutorials. Read more

Work I learned that in Docker, if you want to see the status of the last container you built, instead of doing docker ps -a (which lists all the containers, and thus can force you to scroll up to see the last one), you can do docker ps -l, whcih instead just lists the latest container. By the way, if you are playing with Docker (or to be more precise, fighting with it) and you have a loooong list of containers running, you can add this alias to your . Read more

Less than 18 months ago, the only Coding knowledge I had was using VBA (excel macros). Over the past year, I have succesfully built projects using a myriad of languages like Python, Go, Ruby, R, javascript, learned what are databases and used different ones like postgresql, sqlite or mongodb for example. In this two-part article I would like to share the steps & resources that helped me learn how to code (or The Path). Read more