The JSON API specification is a powerful way for enabling communication between client and server. It specifies the structure of the requests and responses sent between the two, using the JSON format. As a data format, JSON has the advantages of being lightweight and readable. This makes it very easy…

Here’s a neat Python trick you might just find useful one day. Let’s look at how you can dynamically define classes, and create instances of them as required. This trick makes use of Python’s object oriented programming (OOP) capabilities, so we’ll review those first. Classes and objects Python is an object-oriented language, meaning…

The pros and cons of using the web’s #1 language for data science — If you have been following the tech landscape in recent years, you have probably noticed at least two things. For one, you may have noticed that JavaScript is a very popular language these days. It has been growing in popularity ever since Node.js allowed JavaScript developers to write server-side code. …

Here’s a challenging probability puzzle that touches upon combinatorics and number theory. — Bill has two phone numbers — one for work, one for home. After moving house, he gets a new home phone number. To his surprise, it is an exact anagram of his work phone number. “What was the probability of that?!” he wonders. “Specifically, what is the probability of a…

Python is one of the world’s most popular, in-demand programming languages. This is for many reasons: it’s easy to learn it’s super versatile it has a huge range of modules and libraries I use Python daily as an integral part of my job as a data scientist. Along the way…

Laplace, Bayes, and machine learning today — It may not be a question that you were worrying much about. After all, it appears to happen every day without fail. But what is the probability the sun will rise tomorrow? Believe it or not, this question was given consideration by one of mathematics’ all-time greats Pierre-Simon Laplace in…

These quick tricks will make learning to code as difficult and unrewarding as possible! * — Warning: contains satire… 1. Pick a really difficult language Make sure to choose a difficult programming language. This will really set back your learn-to-code journey before it’s even started. Don’t take any chances here. You may have heard some folks say that C++ or Java are challenging for beginners. …

With recent advances in machine learning and AI research making headlines on a regular basis these days, it’s little surprise that data science has become an area of real mainstream interest. It certainly makes a great career choice for the analytically minded, requiring a blend of solid programming skills and…