Pytest: A Testing Framework for Python Code Photo by Ratanjot Singh on Unsplash How can you check that your code changes actually achieve what they’re meant to? Ensuring your code has integrity is actually quite difficult to ensure, especially at scale. Usually you’ll work in a large team with different people working on different parts of the system.... Continue Reading →
Which Environment Is Yours?Photo by Shahadat Rahman on UnsplashVirtual Environments are a relatively difficult thing for new programmers to understand. One problem I had in understanding Virtual Environments was that I could see my environment existed within an MacOS framework, I was using PyCharm and my code was running, what else did I need?However, as your career... Continue Reading →
New research can reduce the size of your neural net in a super easy wayPhoto by Markus Spiske on UnsplashThe future looks towards running deep learning algorithms on more compact devices as any improvements in this space make for big leaps in the usability of AI.If a Raspberry Pi could run large neural networks, then artificial intelligence... Continue Reading →
How to manually throw an exception in PythonPhoto by Jonathan Daniels on UnsplashException handling in Python can be daunting. I find it particularly difficult because as a researcher, I’m just not very good at thinking like a ‘programmer’ should. I’m thinking more about the speed of my optimisation procedures, rather than ‘is my code handling all edge... Continue Reading →
Equality and IdentityPhoto by Mr Xerty on UnsplashPython is full of neat tips and tricks and something worth noting are the different ways to indicate equality, and how these specific two ways are different.The == and is command both indicate some form of equality and are often used interchangeably. However, this isn’t exactly correct. To be clear,... Continue Reading →
OpinionAn in-depth look at the growing marketPhoto by Robynne Hu on UnsplashCICD is a development methodology which has become more important over time. In today’s software driven world, development teams are tasked with delivering applications quickly, consistently, and error-free: every single time.While the challenges are plentiful, CI/CD is simple at its core.For many organisations, achieving true continuous delivery... Continue Reading →
Opinion5 Predictions of what Data Scientists can expectPhoto by Yancy Min on UnsplashVersion Control is a pretty boring topic for most people but for coders and researchers, it’s imperative to understand. The importance of version control is really understood when you work in a big team working on a big project. With multiple users working on the... Continue Reading →
OpinionFor Endless Possibilities in Data SciencePhoto by Kevin Ku on UnsplashIn a previous post, I predicted that the popularity of Flask would really take a hit once Streamlit comes more into the mainstream. I also made the comment that I would never use Flask again.I still stand by both of these comments.In that time, I’ve made four... Continue Reading →
The question we secretly askPhoto by Kristina Flour on UnsplashThis is a brief explanation for the difference between git pull and git fetch then merge. It’s a question that a lot of people want the answer to, being the 4th more most updated question on stackoverflow.The reason so many people get confused is that upon first glance,... Continue Reading →
OpinionIs it time to change your IDE?Photo by Thao Le Hoang on UnsplashMaybe I’m a bit behind the curve, or maybe because JetBrains have such a big hold on the Python IDE market, it became clear to me in a previous post that a lot more Python coders are using VSCode than I was expecting.Now I’ve used... Continue Reading →
