…and where to get example code
Most articles are about Data Visualization and Data Science in Python (and a few in, Julia). Occasionally I stray into other areas of science and technology. Many articles have downloadable code and some have demonstrator web sites.
You can download program code from my Github page.
If you are serious about a career as a writer then take some advice from those who know
There’s no shortage of people telling you how to write. They are all over the internet (a few on these pages). Some of the advice is good but, to be perfectly honest, a lot of it isn’t.
In fact, much of the help that is on offer is not so…
You can mix an match Python and R in the same Jupyter Notebook — here’s how
You are either an R person or a Python person, right? Unless, of course, you like some aspects of Python and others of R.
So why not mix and match? …
With the Julia programming language you can make impressive data visualizations without a great deal of programming knowledge.
A while ago I wrote an article about using a product called Juliabox. This was an online programming environment for the Julia language based on Jupyter Notebooks and my aim was to demonstrate how easy it was to create data visualizations in Julia.
Sad to say, Juliabox no longer exists.
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VSCodium is the truly open source version of VSCode. Does it have any advantages?
If you like VSCode then you will also like VSCodium. How do I know? Because they are pretty much identical.
Take a look at the image above and try and work out which is which (I have removed the logos so it isn’t obvious). In fact VSCode is on the…
Which chart will get the message across best
One degree Celsius doesn’t seem very much. Sitting in the sun on lazy summer afternoon, the difference between 25 and 26 degrees is hardly noticable.
But the Earth is a big place, so the amount of energy required to heat it up by one degree is massive. Which is why…
GitHub is a good way to share your code and keep it secure— VSCode is a great editor that works seamlessly with GitHub
I am not a GitHub expert. I don’t need to be. …
Getting organized has never been easier with electronic aids like Evernote, Onenote and Google Docs — or a paper book
Many years ago I used to write things on paper. With a pen. In a book. How things have changed.
But, you know what? My written daybook was my memory, the reminder of thoughts that I had forgotten about, a source of inspiration. …
VSCode is a great Python editor and, as I accidentally discovered, good for Jupyter Notebooks, too
The first time that I used VSCode to open a Jupyter notebook was a complete accident.
I use VSCode for writing standalone Python scripts and Flask apps but I’ve always used the standard browser interface for running Jupyter notebooks. Frankly, it never occurred to me to do anything else.
But…
The World Bank has a vast amount of data. Here’s how to get it with Python.
The World Bank gathers an enormous amount of information about the world and the countries we live in. And that data is free to access from an API or, perhaps a little easier from the WBGAPI Python library.
It’s quite possible to browse for information but there is so much…
Alan Jones
Technology, data science and programming. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-jones-032699100
