[Tutor] Suggestions Please

[Francois Dion]

El Oct 6, 2014, a las 6:42 PM, Phillip Pugh <pughpl at me.com> escribió:

> I am trying to decide if Python is the right toolset for me. I do a lot of data analytics. Over the years I have used a lot of SQL and VBA, but the data sources are getting bigger. I am thinking Python may be what I need to use, but I am in the early stages of getting to know Python.  Can you point me to a really good, intuitive resource for getting up to speed with data.

If you are doing data analytics, particularly iterative stuff, get to know ipython notebook and pandas. 

http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/twiecki/financial-analysis-python-tutorial/blob/master/1.%20Pandas%20Basics.ipynb

To have an overall feel for ipython notebook and python in general for matlab style notebooks:

https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/A-gallery-of-interesting-IPython-Notebooks

Francois
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