A guide to using tox, a Python testing tool, for multi-environment testing, documentation building, and dependency management.
A developer shares his new role as a Google App Engine API Expert for Japan, aiming to support and educate other developers in the region.
Explains the difference between ICA and PCA using scikit-learn code, advocating for runnable examples over static visuals in scientific materials.
A proposal for a distributed, community-powered continuous integration system for Python projects, inspired by Test Swarm, to handle complex multi-environment testing.
Explains how to dynamically add methods to Python classes or instances using types.MethodType, covering bound and unbound methods.
Announcing the release of django-taggit 0.9, a Django app for tagging, with new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes.
A humorous take on machine learning concepts like overfitting and algorithm comparisons, using Python's scikit-learn library as an example.
Announcement for the upcoming scikit-learn coding sprint in Paris, including dates, location, remote participation details, and planned tasks.
Announcing a two-day coding sprint in Paris focused on scikit-learn's API and development guidelines for machine learning in Python.
A recap of EuroSciPy 2010, highlighting the growth of the Python in science conference, key topics, and the community atmosphere.
Explores the concept of multimethods (generic dispatch) in Python, presenting a custom implementation using decorators and type-based dispatch.
EuroScipy 2010 extends abstract submission deadline for its Python scientific computing conference in Paris.
Argues that PyPy, a Python interpreter written in Python, will replace CPython due to superior speed, flexibility, and being a better platform for growth.
Registration is now open for EuroScipy, a conference on scientific computing with Python, featuring tutorials, talks, and a potential journal publication.
Explains two methods in Mayavi to visualize a surface colored by a separate scalar value, not just elevation.
A review of the book 'Matplotlib for Python Developers', covering its content, target audience, and usefulness for scientific plotting.
A developer creates a Python library to mimic JavaScript's flexible object syntax, allowing dot notation and dynamic property access.
Explores whether programming languages inherently have performance characteristics by comparing Python and C implementations.
Announcement of new Mayavi releases (3.3.0 & 3.3.1) detailing new features, bug fixes, and contributor acknowledgments.
A personal recap of the author's experiences and key technical talks from days 2-4 of the PyCon 2010 conference.
