Anaconda is bloated — Set up a lean, robust data science environment with Miniconda and Conda-Forge

Uncategorized Jul 01, 2019

In this tutorial, I will describe a process for setting up a lean and robust Python data science environment on your system. By the end of the tutorial, your system will be set up such that:

  • Python is installed with only the most common and useful packages for data science
  • Conda is installed to manage packages and environments
  • You’ll have a single, robust environment which minimizes dependency issues by relying on the conda-forge channel

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Selecting Subsets of Data in Pandas: Part 4

pandas Jun 30, 2019

This is the fourth and final part of the series “Selecting Subsets of Data in Pandas”. Pandas offers a wide variety of options for subset selection, which necessitates multiple articles. This series is broken down into the following topics.

  1. Selection with [].loc and .iloc
  2. Boolean indexing
  3. Assigning subsets of data
  4. How NOT to select subsets of data

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Selecting Subsets of Data in Pandas: Part 3

Part 3: Assigning subsets of data

This is part three of a four-part series on how to select subsets of data from a pandas DataFrame or Series. Pandas offers a wide variety of options for subset selection which necessitates multiple articles. This series is broken down into the following topics.

  1. Selection with [].loc and .iloc
  2. Boolean indexing
  3. Assigning subsets of data
  4. How NOT to select subsets of data

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Selecting Subsets of Data in Pandas: Part 2

Part 2: Boolean Indexing

This is part 2 of a four-part series on how to select subsets of data from a pandas DataFrame or Series. Pandas offers a wide variety of options for subset selection which necessitates multiple articles. This series is broken down into the following 4 topics.

  1. Selection with [].loc and .iloc
  2. Boolean indexing
  3. Assigning subsets of data
  4. How NOT to select subsets of data

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Selecting Subsets of Data in Pandas: Part 1

Part 1: Selection with [ ].loc and .iloc

This is the beginning of a four-part series on how to select subsets of data from a pandas DataFrame or Series. Pandas offers a wide variety of options for subset selection which necessitates multiple articles. This series is broken down into the following topics.

  1. Selection with [].loc and .iloc
  2. Boolean indexing
  3. Assigning subsets of data
  4. How NOT to select subsets of data

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