September 2021
Beginner to intermediate
256 pages
6h 48m
English
Content preview from Foundational Python for Data Science
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Preface
The Python language has been around for a long time and worn many hats. Its original implementation was started by Guido van Rossum in 1989 as a tool for system administration as an alternative to Bash scripts and C programs.1 Since its public release in 1991, it has evolved for use in a myriad of industries. These include everything from web-development, film, government, science, and business.2
I was first introduced to Python working in the film industry, where we used it to automate data management across departments and locations. In the last decade, Python has become a dominant tool in Data Science.
This dominance evolved due to two developments: the Jupyter notebook, and powerful third-party libraries. In 2001 Fernando Perez began ...