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Python: Data Analytics and Visualization

By : Martin Czygan, Phuong Vo.T.H, Ashish Kumar, Kirthi Raman
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Python: Data Analytics and Visualization

By: Martin Czygan, Phuong Vo.T.H, Ashish Kumar, Kirthi Raman

Overview of this book

You will start the course with an introduction to the principles of data analysis and supported libraries, along with NumPy basics for statistics and data processing. Next, you will overview the Pandas package and use its powerful features to solve data-processing problems. Moving on, you will get a brief overview of the Matplotlib API .Next, you will learn to manipulate time and data structures, and load and store data in a file or database using Python packages. You will learn how to apply powerful packages in Python to process raw data into pure and helpful data using examples. You will also get a brief overview of machine learning algorithms, that is, applying data analysis results to make decisions or building helpful products such as recommendations and predictions using Scikit-learn. After this, you will move on to a data analytics specialization—predictive analytics. Social media and IOT have resulted in an avalanche of data. You will get started with predictive analytics using Python. You will see how to create predictive models from data. You will get balanced information on statistical and mathematical concepts, and implement them in Python using libraries such as Pandas, scikit-learn, and NumPy. You’ll learn more about the best predictive modeling algorithms such as Linear Regression, Decision Tree, and Logistic Regression. Finally, you will master best practices in predictive modeling. After this, you will get all the practical guidance you need to help you on the journey to effective data visualization. Starting with a chapter on data frameworks, which explains the transformation of data into information and eventually knowledge, this path subsequently cover the complete visualization process using the most popular Python libraries with working examples This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: ? Getting Started with Python Data Analysis, Phuong Vo.T.H &Martin Czygan •Learning Predictive Analytics with Python, Ashish Kumar •Mastering Python Data Visualization, Kirthi Raman
Table of Contents (6 chapters)

Chapter 3. Getting Started with the Python IDE

Python is a widely used programming language that has been around for over 20 years. Among many other things, this language is quite popular for its simplicity and dynamic typing. Type(datum) dynamically determines the type of the data object. It has a syntax that allows programmers to write a very few lines of code. Python supports multiple programming paradigms that include functional, object-oriented, and procedural styles.

Python interpreters are available on almost every operating system that is in use. Its built-in data structures combined with dynamic binding make it very attractive to use as a high performance language to connect the existing manipulative components quickly. Even in distributed applications, Python is used as a glue in conjunction with Hive (NoSQL) to accomplish something very quick and efficient. Python, which is powerful and popular in the software development community, needs an interactive environment to...