PinnedDouglas RochaThe story of how I did NOT become a Data ScientistHi! My name is Douglas and I’m a Data Science Enthusiast, or was… I’m not sure.Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
Douglas RochaThe Art of Commenting: How to Do It RightThe question of whether or not to comment your code is valid and divides opinions. Many arguments may arise for either side, but one…4d ago4d ago
Douglas RochaFrom Code to Gold: The Power of Software EvolutionIn the world of software, there’s a persistent myth: with the right design, requirements, and planning, development will proceed smoothly…Sep 13Sep 13
Douglas RochaMaking Better MethodsPerhaps “Routines” would be the right name, but no one knows methods and functions by that name — or perhaps I was the only one who didn’t…Mar 5Mar 5
Douglas RochaMake your Classes great againA key to being an effective programmer is maximizing the portion of a program that you can safely ignore while working on any one section…Feb 27Feb 27
Douglas RochaCode Design Guidelines“Design” might be just writing a class interface in pseudocode before writing the details. It might be drawing diagrams of a few class…Feb 20Feb 20
Douglas RochaRead this before you start codingEven though they are not strictly necessary, metaphors help us understand the software development process by relating it to other…Feb 16Feb 16
Douglas RochaExploratory Data Analysis with PythonUsing Pandas, Matplotlib, and Seaborn to explore and analyze human resources data from IBMOct 17, 20223Oct 17, 20223
Douglas Rochadecision tree and random forest for predicting used car pricesSep 29, 20221Sep 29, 20221