Python 2017-06-25 Data science

One of the increasingly popular uses of Python is in the field of data science.  Data science is essentially statistics and it is used in social media trends, social media analysis and marketing.  I am seeing it more and more often in job adverts involving Python.  I know a little about statistics myself thanks to my A level in pure maths and statistics.  To this end I have bought a Kindle book on the subject called "Data science from scratch" by Joel Grus.  This is a primer on the subject and it uses Python to demonstrate the techniques.  There is a short crash course chapter on Python, but don't expect it to be a Python tutorial. 

Django 2017-06-25

I am now midway through my Django book "Tango with Django" by Leif Azzopardi.  I can now create simple interactive packages to reflect what I have in my data layer, allow the user to create accounts, login, logout and determine what a logged or logged out user can see or not see depending on whether on the login status.  For practice I created extra data items and displayed in pages on top of what is required in the book. 

Django 2017-06-17

I am a third of the way through my 'Tango with Django' tutorial book and I have passed a major psychological milestone thanks to the wonderful explanations and exercises in the book.  

I can now create models(internal database tables), populate them and present the data on a web template page at will.  I think the reason for the easy pickup is that the author does not spend too much time on the fancy html tags.

Django 2017-06-04

Despite some wonderful free online tutorials on Django(I especially recommend the newBoston Youtube Channel)  I have found the take up of it to be slow going.  I think part of this is my lack of expertise on html and CSS.  This is despite dabbling in php and perl CGI a number of years ago.  Therefore  I have bought an e-book called 'Tango with Django' by Leif Azzopardi.  This book is aimed for beginners and I will let you know how I get on with it later.