In our examination of the Python language so far we’ve looked at the basics, some of the advanced stuff and a few architectural elements. This week we’ll look at Python in practice. Back in the first ...

Python is powerful, versatile, and programmer-friendly, but it isn’t the fastest programming language around. Some of Python’s speed limitations are due to its default implementation, CPython, being ...

In the field of programming, Python is not only a practical tool but is also favored for its characteristic of 'code as art.' ...

So I got to work fairly quickly. Python was already installed on my Linux laptop. I added NumPy (think “numbers” and “Python” — a package for numerical/scientific computing in Python) plus ...

James McCaffrey uses cross entropy error via Python to train a neural network model for predicting a species of iris flower. In this article, I explain cross entropy ...

Bloomberg Women’s Buy-Side Network Australia and New Zealand chapter today kicked-off of its first Python and Bloomberg BQUANT computer programming bootcamp, designed to help female practitioners ...

Add Python to Your Modern GIS Toolkit. Python, that high-level, interpreted programming language known for its simplicity, readability, versatility, and library support, is changing the face of ...

Microsoft Research data scientist Dr. James McCaffrey explains what neural network Glorot initialization is and why it's the default technique for weight initialization. In this article I explain what ...