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Codementor: What is Data Science?

Link: https://www.codementor.io/dimensionlessmarketing/what-is-data-science-14xuwo1j6r

The demand for data scientists is increasing in the market and people are just flocking into the field.
"Coder's Cat": Python: Is and ==

Link: https://coderscat.com/python-is-and-equal



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== is comparing values

In Python, == compares the value of two variables and returns True as long as the values are equal.

>>> a = "hello cat"
>>>
Weekly Python StackOverflow Report: (ccxxi) stackoverflow python report

Link: http://python-weekly.blogspot.com/2020/03/ccxxi-stackoverflow-python-report.html

These are the ten most rated questions at Stack Overflow last week.Between brackets: [question score / answers count]Build date: 2020-03-28 18:01:21 GMTcheck if a numpy array has 0 on all its borders
Full Stack Python: Learning pandas by Exploring COVID-19 Data

Link: https://www.fullstackpython.com/blog/learn-pandas-basic-commands-explore-covid-19-data.html

The
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
provides
daily-updated worldwide COVID-19 data
that is easy to download in JSON, CSV or XML formats. In this tutorial,
we will use the pandas
"Coder's Cat": Python: Pros and Cons of Lambda

Link: https://coderscat.com/python-pros-and-cons-of-lambda



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Basics for lambda

lambda is a keyword in Python, we use it to create an anonymous function. So we also call lambda functions as anonymous functions.
But what’s
IslandT: Lists in python – Python list methods

Link: https://kibiwebgeek.com/lists-in-python-python-list-methods/

In this chapter, we will create simple python programs that will demonstrate the usage of various python list methods.

# create a simple python program which will manipulate the content of a python
Mike Driscoll: PyDev of the Week – Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe

Link: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/03/30/pydev-of-the-week-abigail-mesrenyame-dogbe/

This week we welcome Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe (@MesrenyameDogbe) as our PyDev of the Week! Abigail is active with the PyLadies organization in Africa and has also helped organize PyCon Africa. Abigail
Full Stack Python: Exporting pandas DataFrames into SQLite with SQLAlchemy

Link: https://www.fullstackpython.com/blog/export-pandas-dataframes-sqlite-sqlalchemy.html

It is common when performing exploratory data analysis,
for example when examining COVID-19 data with pandas,
to load from files like a CSV, XML, or JSON into a
pandas DataFrame. You may then do some
Chris Moffitt: Using WSL to Build a Python Development Environment on Windows

Link: https://pbpython.com/wsl-python.html


Introduction
In 2016, Microsoft launched Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which brought robust unix functionality to Windows.
In May 2019, Microsoft announced the release of WSL 2 which includes an
Real Python: How to Use any() in Python

Link: https://realpython.com/any-python/

As a Python programmer, you’ll frequently deal with Booleans and conditional statements—sometimes very complex ones. In those situations, you may need to rely on tools that can simplify logic and cons