mscs-usp/python_reference: Useful functions, tutorials, and other Python-related things · GitHub

A collection of useful scripts, tutorials, and other Python-related things

###// Python tips and tutorials

• A collection of not so obvious Python stuff you should know! [IPython nb]

• Python's scope resolution for variable names and the LEGB rule [IPython nb]

• Key differences between Python 2.x and Python 3.x [IPython nb]

• A thorough guide to SQLite database operations in Python [Markdown]

• Unit testing in Python - Why we want to make it a habit [Markdown]

• Installing Scientific Packages for Python3 on MacOS 10.9 Mavericks [Markdown]

• Sorting CSV files using the Python csv module [IPython nb]

###// Python and the web

• Creating internal links in IPython Notebooks and Markdown docs [IPython nb]

• Converting Markdown to HTML and adding Python syntax highlighting [Markdown]

• Sequential Selection Algorithms [IPython nb]

For more recent benchmarks, please also see my separate
GitHub repository One-Python-benchmark-per-day

• Python benchmarks via timeit [IPython nb]

• Least squares fit method for linear regression sped up via Cython [IPython nb]

• Benchmarks of different palindrome functions [IPython nb]

###// Other

• Happy Mother's Day [IPython nb]

• Numeric matrix manipulation - The cheat sheet for MATLAB, Python NumPy, R, and Julia [Markdown]

###// Useful scripts and snippets

• Shell script for prepending Python-shebangs to .py files.

• convert 'tab-delimited' to 'comma-separated' CSV files [IPython nb]